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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... discovered in his part of the work ; a work which , notwithstanding the utmost exertion of diligence , has never been produced without some imperfection . Circumftanced as he has been , he is sensible how in- adequate his powers were to ...
... discovered in his part of the work ; a work which , notwithstanding the utmost exertion of diligence , has never been produced without some imperfection . Circumftanced as he has been , he is sensible how in- adequate his powers were to ...
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... discovered in our last edition are here . corrected ; and that fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been sup- plied . To these improvements it is now become our duty to add the genuine Portrait of our ...
... discovered in our last edition are here . corrected ; and that fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been sup- plied . To these improvements it is now become our duty to add the genuine Portrait of our ...
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... discovery of it should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday , August 9 , Mr. Richardson , print- feller , of Castle Street , Leicester Square , affured Mr. Steevens that , in the course of business having recently ...
... discovery of it should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday , August 9 , Mr. Richardson , print- feller , of Castle Street , Leicester Square , affured Mr. Steevens that , in the course of business having recently ...
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... discovered on the back of it . - This circumstance , however , cannot affect the credit of the picture ; for ( as the late Lord Mansfield observed in the Douglas con- troversy ) " there are instances in which falshood has been employed ...
... discovered on the back of it . - This circumstance , however , cannot affect the credit of the picture ; for ( as the late Lord Mansfield observed in the Douglas con- troversy ) " there are instances in which falshood has been employed ...
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... discovered Portrait of our great Dramatick Writer was first shown in Caftle Street , the few remaining advocates for the Chandofan canvas observed , that its unwelcome ri- val exhibited not a fingle trait of Shakspeare . But , all on a ...
... discovered Portrait of our great Dramatick Writer was first shown in Caftle Street , the few remaining advocates for the Chandofan canvas observed , that its unwelcome ri- val exhibited not a fingle trait of Shakspeare . But , all on a ...
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