This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1746 Excerpt: ... toleration and decency of the church, with a Tillotfon at it's head; our laws, our liberties, and our constitution ascertain'd, and had considered too the mildness of fanaticism and enthusiasm, doubtless he would never have been an enemy to such a church, and such a king. However these mystical and allegorical ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1746 Excerpt: ... toleration and decency of the church, with a Tillotfon at it's head; our laws, our liberties, and our constitution ascertain'd, and had considered too the mildness of fanaticism and enthusiasm, doubtless he would never have been an enemy to such a church, and such a king. However these mystical and allegorical reveries have more amusement in them, than solid truth, and savour but little of cool criticism, where the head is required to be free from sum es and vapours, and rather sceptical than dogmatical. s Veri jpeciem dignoscere calks, Ne qua jubcurato mendofuta tinniot auro? 5. Perseus. V, 105, . SECT....., 1 1., ft SECT. III. v TH E editors of Shakespeare are not without many instances of this over-refining humour upon very plain paflages. In the comedy of Errors, Acl III. (the plot of.which play is taken from the Menaechmi of PlautusjDromio of Syracuse is giving his master a ludicrous description of an ugly woman, that laid claim to him as his wife. "S. Dro. I could find out countries in her. "S. Ant. In what part of her body stands "Ireland? "S. Dro Marry, Sir in her buttocks, I "found it out by the bogs. "S, Ant. Where Scotland? "S. Dro. I found it out by the barrennessj "hard in the palm of her hand. "S. Ant. Where France? "S. Dro. In her forehead; armdand reverted) "making war against her 1 hair. Shakespeare had the hint from1 Rabelais, where friar John is humourously mapping, as it were, Panurge: 1. The editors would have it, making ivar against her beir: i.e. making war against Henry IV. of Navarre j whom the French resisted, on account of his being a protestant. 2. Rabelais E. III. chap. 28. M 2 "Behold "Behold there Asia, here are Tygris and "Euprates; lo here Afric--on this s...
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Good. No Jacket. 287 pages plus index (complete). Note: The book was originally published in London in 1746. However, the Dublin publishing world was busy, competitive, at times ruthless, keen eyed. George Ewing and his brother, Alexander, were no exception. Despite having published a very few of Shakespeare's plays under their own imprint, they felt that more general books about Shakespeare would have a good local market. This publication is part of that project. A comfortable, contentedly aged copy. Fully bound in leather. The boards are marked and worn and scuffed all about. the front board has become detached and has been re-attached with a strip of leather. They are nonetheless, characterful and sound of nature and health. The spine has wear about the seams. The boards have been burnished and by handling given a smoky appearance. The frontpaste down has an ex-libris plate from Shakespeare scholar, Rev A P Dodd. The pages bear their age with patience and dignity. There is evidence of much contented use throughout. Nonetheless, the pages are comfortable, clear, assured, amiable, scholarly, certain, more than competent. A handy, gentlemanly copy. fk.
