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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... should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept their favours . He was fearful of loading the page , which Mr. Steevens in some instances thought too much crouded already , and therefore confined himself ...
... should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept their favours . He was fearful of loading the page , which Mr. Steevens in some instances thought too much crouded already , and therefore confined himself ...
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... should live till I were married . " The present Editor of Shak- Speare may urge a kindred apology in defence of an opinion hazarded in his Prefatory Advertisement ; for when he declared his disbelief in the existence of a genuine ...
... should live till I were married . " The present Editor of Shak- Speare may urge a kindred apology in defence of an opinion hazarded in his Prefatory Advertisement ; for when he declared his disbelief in the existence of a genuine ...
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... should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday , August 9 , Mr. Richardson , print- feller , of Castle Street , Leicester Square , affured Mr. Steevens that , in the course of business having recently waited on Mr. Felton ...
... should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday , August 9 , Mr. Richardson , print- feller , of Castle Street , Leicester Square , affured Mr. Steevens that , in the course of business having recently waited on Mr. Felton ...
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... should avail them- selves of another story , this being completely worn out , and no longer fit for service . 1 Yet , by those who allow to poffibilities the influ-. * Much confidence , perhaps , ought not to be placed in this remark ...
... should avail them- selves of another story , this being completely worn out , and no longer fit for service . 1 Yet , by those who allow to poffibilities the influ-. * Much confidence , perhaps , ought not to be placed in this remark ...
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... should advertise a confiderable fum of money for a portrait of the Pfeudo - Rowley , such a defideratum would foon einerge from the tutelary crypts of St. Mary Red- cliff at Bristol , or a hitherto unheard of repofitory in the tomb of ...
... should advertise a confiderable fum of money for a portrait of the Pfeudo - Rowley , such a defideratum would foon einerge from the tutelary crypts of St. Mary Red- cliff at Bristol , or a hitherto unheard of repofitory in the tomb of ...
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