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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... subject . After the labours of men of such high estimation as Rowe , Pope , Warburton , Johnson , Farmer , and Steevens , with others of inferior name , the rank of Shak- speare in the poetical world is not a point at this time subject ...
... subject . After the labours of men of such high estimation as Rowe , Pope , Warburton , Johnson , Farmer , and Steevens , with others of inferior name , the rank of Shak- speare in the poetical world is not a point at this time subject ...
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... subject it will be only necessary to add , that Mr. Steevens perse- vered in his opinion that this , of all the portraits , had the fairest chance of being a genuine likeness of the author . Of the canvas Chandois picture he remained ...
... subject it will be only necessary to add , that Mr. Steevens perse- vered in his opinion that this , of all the portraits , had the fairest chance of being a genuine likeness of the author . Of the canvas Chandois picture he remained ...
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... subjects like these , an eye habituated to minute comparison , and attentive to peculiarities that elude the notice of unqualified observers , is also required . Shakspeare's counte- nance deformed by Droefhout , resembles the fign of ...
... subjects like these , an eye habituated to minute comparison , and attentive to peculiarities that elude the notice of unqualified observers , is also required . Shakspeare's counte- nance deformed by Droefhout , resembles the fign of ...
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... , on account of their con- nection with the subject of Mr. Richardson's Re- marks , are suffered to stand as in our last edition . i ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . : 1 THE reader C4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 23.
... , on account of their con- nection with the subject of Mr. Richardson's Re- marks , are suffered to stand as in our last edition . i ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . : 1 THE reader C4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 23.
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... subject the support of Dr. Farmer's acknowledged judgment and experience , we shall not shrink from controversy with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiefce in modern sugges- tions if opposed to the authority of ...
... subject the support of Dr. Farmer's acknowledged judgment and experience , we shall not shrink from controversy with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiefce in modern sugges- tions if opposed to the authority of ...
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