| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...Thomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had what is the first requisite to emendatory criticism,...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Thomas Hanmcr, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...and that dexterity of intellect which despatches its works by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much; his acquaintance with customs, opinions,... | |
| rev. William Betham - 1803 - 500 pages
...eminently qualified by nature for such studies ; that he had what is "the first requisite to emcndatory criticism; that intuition, by which the poet's intention...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...Thomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...SirThomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...Thomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...to have been large; and he is often learned without show. He seldom passes what he does not understand, without an attempt to find or to make a meaning,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...emendatory criticism, that uituition by which the poet's intention is immediately discovered, and thai dexterity of intellect which despatches its work by...easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much ; his acquamtance with customs, opinions, and traditions, seems to have been large ; and he is often learned... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...Thomas JJanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...Thomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory...discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which dispatches its work by the easiest means. He had undoubtedly read much ; his acquaintance with customs,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...Thomas Hanmer, the Oxford editor, a man, in my opinion, eminently qualified by nature for such studies. He had, what is the first requisite to emendatory criticism, that intuition by which me poet's intention is immediately discovered, and that dexterity of intellect which despatches its... | |
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