The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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... Some of our legitimate editions will afford a fufficient fpecimen of the fluctuation of price in books . An ancient quarto was fold for fix - pence ; and the folios 1623 and 1632 , when firft printed , could not have been rated higher ...
... Some of our legitimate editions will afford a fufficient fpecimen of the fluctuation of price in books . An ancient quarto was fold for fix - pence ; and the folios 1623 and 1632 , when firft printed , could not have been rated higher ...
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... Some Reflections on Mr. Rymer's Short View of Tragedy , and an Attempt at a Vindication of Shakspeare , in an Effay directed to John Dryden , Efq . By Charles Gildon . This tract is found only in Gildon's Mifcellaneous Letters and ...
... Some Reflections on Mr. Rymer's Short View of Tragedy , and an Attempt at a Vindication of Shakspeare , in an Effay directed to John Dryden , Efq . By Charles Gildon . This tract is found only in Gildon's Mifcellaneous Letters and ...
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... Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark , written by William Shakspeare . Printed for W. Wilkins in Lombard Street . 8vo . 1736 . Explanatory and Critical Notes on divers Paffages of Shakspeare's Plays , by Francis Peck ...
... Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark , written by William Shakspeare . Printed for W. Wilkins in Lombard Street . 8vo . 1736 . Explanatory and Critical Notes on divers Paffages of Shakspeare's Plays , by Francis Peck ...
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... some labour , falls at once to the ground . But let not the reader be alarmed ; for if it fuffers from no other battery but this , it may laft till the crack of doom . " Marlowe , as Dr. Farmer obferves to me , has the very fame ...
... some labour , falls at once to the ground . But let not the reader be alarmed ; for if it fuffers from no other battery but this , it may laft till the crack of doom . " Marlowe , as Dr. Farmer obferves to me , has the very fame ...
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... Some of the incidents in this comedy are taken from the Suppofes of Gafcoigne , an author of confiderable popularity , when Shakspeare first be- gan to write for the ftage . The old piece entitled The Taming of a Shrew , on which our ...
... Some of the incidents in this comedy are taken from the Suppofes of Gafcoigne , an author of confiderable popularity , when Shakspeare first be- gan to write for the ftage . The old piece entitled The Taming of a Shrew , on which our ...
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