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Loading... The plays of William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. "if the painting be lively, and a tolerable picture of nature, we are thrown into a reverie, from which if we awaken it is the fault of the writer. I appeal to every reader of feeling and sentiment whether the fictitious murther of Duncan by Macbeth in Shakespeare does not excite in him as great horror of villainy, as the real one of Henry IV by Ravaillac as related by Davila? and whether the fidelity of Nelson, and generosity of Blanford in Marmontel do not dilate his breast and elevate his sentiments as much as any similar incident which real history can furnish?" - Thomas Jefferson to Robert Skipwith, 3 Aug. 1771 [PTJ 1:76-81] 1   ThomasJefferson | Jan 6, 2015 |  Perhaps it would not be easy to find any authour, except Homer, who invented so much as Shakespeare, who so much advanced the studies which he cultivated, or effused so much novelty upon his age or country. The form, the characters, the language, and the shows of the English drama are his… --Johnson, in the Preface to this edition. 2 SamuelJohnsonLibrary | May 5, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)822.33Literature English & Old English literatures English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625 Shakespeare, William 1564–1616LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (5)
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