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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... Thomas Poope . 2 To revive the anomalies , barbarifms and blunders of some ancient copies , in preference to the cor- rections of others almost equally old , is likewise a circumstance by no means honourable to our au thor , however ...
... Thomas Poope . 2 To revive the anomalies , barbarifms and blunders of some ancient copies , in preference to the cor- rections of others almost equally old , is likewise a circumstance by no means honourable to our au thor , however ...
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... Thomas North's Plutarch , or the Chronicles of Hall and Holinshed . These faults , indeed , fi quid prodeft delicta fateri , within half a century , ( when the present race of voluminous criticks is ex- tinct ) cannot fail to be ...
... Thomas North's Plutarch , or the Chronicles of Hall and Holinshed . These faults , indeed , fi quid prodeft delicta fateri , within half a century , ( when the present race of voluminous criticks is ex- tinct ) cannot fail to be ...
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... Thomas Lucy , of Char- lecote , near Stratford . For this he was profecuted by that gentleman , as he thought , somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . And though this , pro- Theobald ...
... Thomas Lucy , of Char- lecote , near Stratford . For this he was profecuted by that gentleman , as he thought , somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . And though this , pro- Theobald ...
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... Thomas Lucy's park ; and their account of it agreed with Mr. Rowe's , with this addition , that the ballad written againft Sir Thomas Lucy by Shakspeare was stuck upon his park - gate , which exasperated the knight to apply to a lawyer ...
... Thomas Lucy's park ; and their account of it agreed with Mr. Rowe's , with this addition , that the ballad written againft Sir Thomas Lucy by Shakspeare was stuck upon his park - gate , which exasperated the knight to apply to a lawyer ...
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... Thomas was too covetous , " To covet so much deer , " When horns enough upon his head , " Most plainly did appear . " Had not his worship one deer left ? " What then ? He had a wife " Took pains enough to find him horns " Should last ...
... Thomas was too covetous , " To covet so much deer , " When horns enough upon his head , " Most plainly did appear . " Had not his worship one deer left ? " What then ? He had a wife " Took pains enough to find him horns " Should last ...
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