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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... appear like presumption in any one , and especially in him whose name is subscribed to this Advertisement , to imagine himself capable of adding any thing on so exhausted a subject . After the labours of men of such high estimation as ...
... appear like presumption in any one , and especially in him whose name is subscribed to this Advertisement , to imagine himself capable of adding any thing on so exhausted a subject . After the labours of men of such high estimation as ...
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... and from the fimilarity which appears in the design of all his portraits , it is supposed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B : Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- stowed by the Preface to Mr Richardfon's Propofals,
... and from the fimilarity which appears in the design of all his portraits , it is supposed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B : Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- stowed by the Preface to Mr Richardfon's Propofals,
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... is now manifest that he has given the very fingular ruff of Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . * Much confidence , perhaps , ought not to be 6 PREFACE TO.
... is now manifest that he has given the very fingular ruff of Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . * Much confidence , perhaps , ought not to be 6 PREFACE TO.
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... appears to have escaped contradiction , either metrical or profaick , from the surviving friends of Shakspeare . But , another misrepresentation , though an invo- luntary one , and of more recent date , should not be overlooked . In the ...
... appears to have escaped contradiction , either metrical or profaick , from the surviving friends of Shakspeare . But , another misrepresentation , though an invo- luntary one , and of more recent date , should not be overlooked . In the ...
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... appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , and convey no diftinct resemblance ...
... appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , and convey no diftinct resemblance ...
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