The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... says , was painted by a Player of that time , but whose name I have not been able to learn . - " I am , Sir , with great regard , " Sept. 11 , 1792. " " Your most obedt . servant , - " J. Wilfon . " The player alluded to was Richard ...
... says , was painted by a Player of that time , but whose name I have not been able to learn . - " I am , Sir , with great regard , " Sept. 11 , 1792. " " Your most obedt . servant , - " J. Wilfon . " The player alluded to was Richard ...
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... say fell fortune cannot be excus'd , " That hath for better uses you refus'd : " Wit , courage , good shape , good partes , are all good , " As long as all these goods are no worse us'd ; 8 " And though the stage doth fiaine pure gentle ...
... say fell fortune cannot be excus'd , " That hath for better uses you refus'd : " Wit , courage , good shape , good partes , are all good , " As long as all these goods are no worse us'd ; 8 " And though the stage doth fiaine pure gentle ...
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... says of a hair of Cæfar ) would " -have mention'd it within their wills , " Bequeathing it as a rich legacy " Unto their issue ; " and were there ground for the report that Shakspeare was the real father of Sir William D'Avenant , and ...
... says of a hair of Cæfar ) would " -have mention'd it within their wills , " Bequeathing it as a rich legacy " Unto their issue ; " and were there ground for the report that Shakspeare was the real father of Sir William D'Avenant , and ...
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... says in King Lear ) come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the first notice of this picture occurs . Where there is such a chasm in evidence , the validity of it may be not ...
... says in King Lear ) come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the first notice of this picture occurs . Where there is such a chasm in evidence , the validity of it may be not ...
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... ( says the original putterforth of Troilus and Creffida ) for the scape it hath made amongst you ; fince by the grand poffeffors ' wills , I believe , you should have pray'd for it , rather than beene pray'd . " - Had quartos of Macbeth ...
... ( says the original putterforth of Troilus and Creffida ) for the scape it hath made amongst you ; fince by the grand poffeffors ' wills , I believe , you should have pray'd for it , rather than beene pray'd . " - Had quartos of Macbeth ...
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