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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... against the au- thenticity of every other anonymous and undated portrait from which a wretched old engraving had been made ; as it would always enable cavillers to affert , that the painting was subsequent to the print , and not the ...
... against the au- thenticity of every other anonymous and undated portrait from which a wretched old engraving had been made ; as it would always enable cavillers to affert , that the painting was subsequent to the print , and not the ...
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... against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hefitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with a fuperftitious reverence for his name , than censured for a presumptuous dif- regard of his opinions . As a large proportion of ...
... against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hefitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with a fuperftitious reverence for his name , than censured for a presumptuous dif- regard of his opinions . As a large proportion of ...
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... against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and enve- nomed ; " for the conductors of this undertaking do not fcruple thus openly to express their wishes that it may have merit enough to provoke a revision from the ...
... against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and enve- nomed ; " for the conductors of this undertaking do not fcruple thus openly to express their wishes that it may have merit enough to provoke a revision from the ...
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... against established grammar , that may be met with in the coëval pro- ductions of irregular humourifts and ignorant secta- ries and buffoons , we may aver that every casual combination of fyllables may be tortured into mean- ing , and ...
... against established grammar , that may be met with in the coëval pro- ductions of irregular humourifts and ignorant secta- ries and buffoons , we may aver that every casual combination of fyllables may be tortured into mean- ing , and ...
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... 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 against sense and metre ) they furnish no ...
... 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 against sense and metre ) they furnish no ...
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