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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... suppose any Portrait of that description could have occurred , and much less that he himself should have been instrumental in producing it.1 He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his suppositions ; and con- sequently ...
... suppose any Portrait of that description could have occurred , and much less that he himself should have been instrumental in producing it.1 He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his suppositions ; and con- sequently ...
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... suppose that the mutilated state of it prevented either of their Lordships from becoming its pur- chafer , How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar + ratives ( respecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were ...
... suppose that the mutilated state of it prevented either of their Lordships from becoming its pur- chafer , How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar + ratives ( respecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were ...
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... suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , 5 and the place where it was found , ( not- withstanding both these particulars might be true , ) were at hazard appended to the portrait under con- fideration , as foon as ...
... suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , 5 and the place where it was found , ( not- withstanding both these particulars might be true , ) were at hazard appended to the portrait under con- fideration , as foon as ...
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... suppose it must have belonged to his family , who ( as Mark Antony 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 ...
... suppose it must have belonged to his family , who ( as Mark Antony 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 ...
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... suppose Shakspeare to have been the father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not ...
... suppose Shakspeare to have been the father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not ...
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