The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrew.- v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.- v.5 King John. King Richrd II. King Henry IV, parts I-II.- v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, parts I-III.- v.7 King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v.8. Julius Cæsar. Anthony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello |
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... or temporary opinions , have for many years been lost ; and every topick of merriment , or motive of sorrow , which the modes of artificial life afforded him , now only obscure the scenes which they once illuminated .
... or temporary opinions , have for many years been lost ; and every topick of merriment , or motive of sorrow , which the modes of artificial life afforded him , now only obscure the scenes which they once illuminated .
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Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion : even where the agency is supernatural , the dialogue is level ...
Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion : even where the agency is supernatural , the dialogue is level ...
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It is objected , that by this change of scenes the paffions are interrupted in their progression , and that the principal event , being not advanced by a due gradation of preparatory incidents , wants at last the power to move , which ...
It is objected , that by this change of scenes the paffions are interrupted in their progression , and that the principal event , being not advanced by a due gradation of preparatory incidents , wants at last the power to move , which ...
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In his tragick scenes there is always something wanting , but his comedy often surpaffes expectation or desire . His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action .
In his tragick scenes there is always something wanting , but his comedy often surpaffes expectation or desire . His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action .
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He has speeches , perhaps sometimes scenes , which have all the delicacy of Rowe , without his effeminacy . He endeavours indeed commonly to strike by the force and vigour of his dialogue , but he never executes his purpose better ...
He has speeches , perhaps sometimes scenes , which have all the delicacy of Rowe , without his effeminacy . He endeavours indeed commonly to strike by the force and vigour of his dialogue , but he never executes his purpose better ...
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الصفحة 218 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears ; or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
الصفحة 65 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
الصفحة 100 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
الصفحة 16 - Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
الصفحة 294 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
الصفحة 4 - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
الصفحة 6 - To bring a lover, a lady, and a rival into the fable; to entangle them in...
الصفحة 40 - ... profit. When his plays had been acted, his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader.
الصفحة 64 - I have indeed disappointed no opinion more than my own ; yet I have endeavoured to perform: my task with no slight solicitude.
الصفحة 216 - 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...
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| العنوان | The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the ... المجلد 1 من The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| المؤلف | William Shakespeare |
| المُحررون | Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed |
| الإصدار | 2 |
| الناشر | C. Bathurst, 1778 |
| أصلي من | جامعة هارفارد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 17 كانون الثاني (يناير) 2008 |
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