The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, 1. köide |
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... least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . ” Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a Flemish hand . It may also be ...
... least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . ” Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a Flemish hand . It may also be ...
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... least to look at the two earliest prints of Shakspeare ; and yet even Scheemaker is known to have had no other model for our author's head , than the mezzotinto by Zoust , A broker now in the Minories declares , that it is his usual ...
... least to look at the two earliest prints of Shakspeare ; and yet even Scheemaker is known to have had no other model for our author's head , than the mezzotinto by Zoust , A broker now in the Minories declares , that it is his usual ...
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... least idea of having pos- sessed such a curiosity , no intelligence could be sent abroad with it from that quarter . In either case then we may suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , † and the place where it was ...
... least idea of having pos- sessed such a curiosity , no intelligence could be sent abroad with it from that quarter . In either case then we may suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , † and the place where it was ...
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... least ) was not quite so evident as that of its predecessor . The publick , for many years past , has been familiarized to a Vandyckish head of Shakspeare , introduced by Simon's mezzo . tinto from a painting by Zoust . Hence the ...
... least ) was not quite so evident as that of its predecessor . The publick , for many years past , has been familiarized to a Vandyckish head of Shakspeare , introduced by Simon's mezzo . tinto from a painting by Zoust . Hence the ...
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... least he may be persuaded he has found it , a circumstance which , as far as it affects his own content , will answer , for a while , the same purpose . Thus the late Mr. Jennens , of Gopsal in Leicestershire , for many years ...
... least he may be persuaded he has found it , a circumstance which , as far as it affects his own content , will answer , for a while , the same purpose . Thus the late Mr. Jennens , of Gopsal in Leicestershire , for many years ...
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Page 71 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions...
Page 348 - The applause ! delight ! the wonder of our stage ! My SHAKESPEARE rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
Page 350 - And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family.
Page 80 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 176 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Page 116 - Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous and critical sense either tragedies or comedies, but compositions of a distinct kind; exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, mingled with endless variety of proportion and innumerable modes of combination...
Page 71 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 127 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Page 273 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 4 Go closely in with me.] ie secretly, privately. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 104 - IN the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent. in perfect health, and memory, (God be praised!) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say: First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.