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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... first. adopted , and carried into execution , Dr. Johnson's the tuition of the Reverend Dr. Barford . After staying a few years at the University , he left it without taking a degree , and accepted a commission in the Effex militia , in ...
... first. adopted , and carried into execution , Dr. Johnson's the tuition of the Reverend Dr. Barford . After staying a few years at the University , he left it without taking a degree , and accepted a commission in the Effex militia , in ...
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... first , that if Shakspeare's portrait was ever at the Boar's Head , it had been alienated before the fire of London in 1666 , when the original house was burnt ; -and , secondly , that the path through which the fame picture has ...
... first , that if Shakspeare's portrait was ever at the Boar's Head , it had been alienated before the fire of London in 1666 , when the original house was burnt ; -and , secondly , that the path through which the fame picture has ...
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... 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 sudden , these criticks have shifted their ground ...
... 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 sudden , these criticks have shifted their ground ...
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... first folio . In plainer terms , that the vitiations of a careless theatre were seconded by those of as igno- rant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the innocence of females nursed ...
... first folio . In plainer terms , that the vitiations of a careless theatre were seconded by those of as igno- rant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the innocence of females nursed ...
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... first folio ; that we have sometimes fol- lowed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have ...
... first folio ; that we have sometimes fol- lowed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have ...
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