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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While an author is yet living , we estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead , we rate them by his best . [ A ] To Vol . I. To works , however , of which the excellence is.
While an author is yet living , we estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead , we rate them by his best . [ A ] To Vol . I. To works , however , of which the excellence is.
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In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be worse , as his labour is more . The effufions of palfion , which exigence forces out , are for the most part striking and energetick ; but whenever he solicits his invention , or strains ...
In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be worse , as his labour is more . The effufions of palfion , which exigence forces out , are for the most part striking and energetick ; but whenever he solicits his invention , or strains ...
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Every man's performances , to be rightly estimated , must be compared with the state of the age in which he lived ... is of far greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiosity is always busy to ...
Every man's performances , to be rightly estimated , must be compared with the state of the age in which he lived ... is of far greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiosity is always busy to ...
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we are not to look for his beginning , like those of other writers , in his least perfect works ; art had so little , and nature fo large a share in what be did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his youth , as they ...
we are not to look for his beginning , like those of other writers , in his least perfect works ; art had so little , and nature fo large a share in what be did , that for ought I know , says he , the performances of his youth , as they ...
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In this part of his performances he had ñone to imitate , but has been himself imitated by all succeeding writers ; and it may be doubted , whether from all his fucceffors more maxims of theoretical knowledge , or more rules of ...
In this part of his performances he had ñone to imitate , but has been himself imitated by all succeeding writers ; and it may be doubted , whether from all his fucceffors more maxims of theoretical knowledge , or more rules of ...
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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 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |