The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes, Том 12 |
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... readers must be familiar . They are from " The Wits ' Com- monwealth " of Francis Meres , " Master of Arts of both Universities ; " a book largely circulated , and mentioned with applause by contemporary writers . The author delivers ...
... readers must be familiar . They are from " The Wits ' Com- monwealth " of Francis Meres , " Master of Arts of both Universities ; " a book largely circulated , and mentioned with applause by contemporary writers . The author delivers ...
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... readers of the drama . From 1597 to 1600 , ten of these plays were published from authentic copies , undoubtedly with the consent of the au- thor . The system of publication did not commence before 1597 ; and , with four exceptions , it ...
... readers of the drama . From 1597 to 1600 , ten of these plays were published from authentic copies , undoubtedly with the consent of the au- thor . The system of publication did not commence before 1597 ; and , with four exceptions , it ...
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... reader will find these " proofs of Jonson's malignity brought forward , and dismissed with the contempt that they deserve , in a paper appended to Gifford's " Memoir of Jonson . " The same acute critic had the merit of pointing out a ...
... reader will find these " proofs of Jonson's malignity brought forward , and dismissed with the contempt that they deserve , in a paper appended to Gifford's " Memoir of Jonson . " The same acute critic had the merit of pointing out a ...
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... reader , " Though you be a magistrate of wit , and sit on the stage at Blackfriars or the Cockpit , to arraign plays daily , know these plays have had their trial already , and stood out all appeals . ' Did the oblivion continue when ...
... reader , " Though you be a magistrate of wit , and sit on the stage at Blackfriars or the Cockpit , to arraign plays daily , know these plays have had their trial already , and stood out all appeals . ' Did the oblivion continue when ...
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... reader of Saint Paul's epistles ; and by continual study had so incorporated the phrase and style of that transcendent apostle into all his familiar letters , that the imitation seemed to vie with the original . Yet this availed not to ...
... reader of Saint Paul's epistles ; and by continual study had so incorporated the phrase and style of that transcendent apostle into all his familiar letters , that the imitation seemed to vie with the original . Yet this availed not to ...
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Сторінка 30 - 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, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Сторінка 25 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Сторінка 18 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Сторінка 42 - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took ; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.
Сторінка 146 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Сторінка 20 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Сторінка 17 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Сторінка 30 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Сторінка 34 - And joyed 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...
Сторінка 31 - ... his mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.