 While our object is, to support and establish what the poet wrote, to illustrate his phraseology by comparing it with that of his contemporaries, and to explain his fugitive allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, while this object is kept...  Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review - Page 421792Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...allufions to cuftoms long fince difufed and forgotten, while this object is kept fteadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...be indebted to the induftry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now prefented to the publick. Let us then hear no more... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...allufions to cuftoms long fince difufed and forgotten, while this object is kept fteadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...be indebted to the induftry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now prefented- to the publick. Let us then hear no... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 552 pages
...attempted on many of these occasions. An eminent critic has declared that " if every line of Shakspeare's plays were accompanied with a comment, every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it." Shakspeare indeed is not more obscure than contemporary writers ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, while this object is kept steadiiy in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now presented to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, while this object is kept steadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with a comment, every intelligent; render would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, while this object is kept steadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now presented to the... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...attempted on many of these occasions. An eminent critic has declared that " if every line of Shakspeare's plays were accompanied with a comment, every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it." Shakspeare indeed is not more obscure than contemporary writers ;... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, — while this object is kept steadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now presented to the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, — while this object is kept steadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Such uniformly has been the object of the notes now presented to the... | |
 | 1886 - 680 pages
...allusions to customs long since disused and forgotten, while this object is kept steadily in view, if even every line of his plays were accompanied with...every intelligent reader would be indebted to the industry of him who produced it. Condell's dedication and address "to the great variety of readers,"... | |
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