A Shakespeare PrimerAMS Press, 1971 - 224 pages |
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Page 145
... Nature were still present to him ; when he describes anything , you more than see it , you feel it too . Those who accuse him to have wanted learning , give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the ...
... Nature were still present to him ; when he describes anything , you more than see it , you feel it too . Those who accuse him to have wanted learning , give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the ...
Page 167
... nature's family . Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakespeare , must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter nature be , His art doth give the fashion ; and that he Who casts to write a living line , must sweat ...
... nature's family . Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakespeare , must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter nature be , His art doth give the fashion ; and that he Who casts to write a living line , must sweat ...
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... nature ; Mr. Jonson , who was at that time altogether unknown to the world , had offered one of his plays to the players , in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it carelessly and ...
... nature ; Mr. Jonson , who was at that time altogether unknown to the world , had offered one of his plays to the players , in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it carelessly and ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
England in the Time of Shakespeare | 9 |
Shakespeares Works | 56 |
Copyright | |
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