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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... feveral older as well as coëval dramas ( exclusive of those in the Marquis of Lanf- downe's library ) might surely have befriended fome of our author's copies in 1632 , only fixteen years after his death . That oral information ...
... feveral older as well as coëval dramas ( exclusive of those in the Marquis of Lanf- downe's library ) might surely have befriended fome of our author's copies in 1632 , only fixteen years after his death . That oral information ...
Page 62
... feveral old people in that town , of Shakspeare's tranfgreffion , but could remember the first stanza of that bitter ballad , which , repeating to one of his acquaintance , he preserved it in writing ; and here it is nei- ther better ...
... feveral old people in that town , of Shakspeare's tranfgreffion , but could remember the first stanza of that bitter ballad , which , repeating to one of his acquaintance , he preserved it in writing ; and here it is nei- ther better ...
Page 65
... feveral of his plays acted before her , and without doubt gave him many gracious marks of her favour : it is that maiden princess plainly , whom he intends by -a fair vestal , throned by the west . " VOL . I. F A Midsummer - Night's ...
... feveral of his plays acted before her , and without doubt gave him many gracious marks of her favour : it is that maiden princess plainly , whom he intends by -a fair vestal , throned by the west . " VOL . I. F A Midsummer - Night's ...
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... feveral fums of money or legacies before mentioned , in such manner as afore- faid . And I do hereby declare my will and meaning to be that the executors or adminiftrators of my faid husband Sir John Bar- nard shall have and enjoy the ...
... feveral fums of money or legacies before mentioned , in such manner as afore- faid . And I do hereby declare my will and meaning to be that the executors or adminiftrators of my faid husband Sir John Bar- nard shall have and enjoy the ...
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... feveral of his pieces were printed separately in quarto . What makes me think that most of these were not published by him , is the excessive carelessness of the press : every page is so fcandaloufly false spelled , and almost all the ...
... feveral of his pieces were printed separately in quarto . What makes me think that most of these were not published by him , is the excessive carelessness of the press : every page is so fcandaloufly false spelled , and almost all the ...
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