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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... Some apology is due to those gentlemen who , during the course of the publication , have obligingly offered the present Editor their afsistance , which he should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept ...
... Some apology is due to those gentlemen who , during the course of the publication , have obligingly offered the present Editor their afsistance , which he should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept ...
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... Some of these paintings that were in good condition were removed to Bulstrode , where two portraits of Shakspeare's Earl of Southampton are still preserved . What became of other heads which time or accident had impaired , and at what ...
... Some of these paintings that were in good condition were removed to Bulstrode , where two portraits of Shakspeare's Earl of Southampton are still preserved . What became of other heads which time or accident had impaired , and at what ...
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... some occafions , we cannot join in the prayer of Cordelia : - 66 Restoration hang " Thy medicine on his lips ! " It is unlucky for him , perhaps , that between the interest of his readers and his editors a material dif- ference should ...
... some occafions , we cannot join in the prayer of Cordelia : - 66 Restoration hang " Thy medicine on his lips ! " It is unlucky for him , perhaps , that between the interest of his readers and his editors a material dif- ference should ...
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... some occafions a con- firmed treason against the sense , spirit , and verfifi- cation of Shakspeare , All these circumstances confidered , it is time , in- ftead of a timid and servile adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending ...
... some occafions a con- firmed treason against the sense , spirit , and verfifi- cation of Shakspeare , All these circumstances confidered , it is time , in- ftead of a timid and servile adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending ...
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... some in- telligent friend or admirer of Shakspeare might have observed its defects , and corrected many of them in its margin , from early manuscripts , 5 or authentick information . 6 That such manuscripts should have remained , can ...
... some in- telligent friend or admirer of Shakspeare might have observed its defects , and corrected many of them in its margin , from early manuscripts , 5 or authentick information . 6 That such manuscripts should have remained , can ...
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