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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... impression of our great dramatick master's works must be confi- dered in fome degree as experimental ; for their cor- ruptions and obfcurities are still so numerous , and the progress of fortunate conjecture so tardy and uncertain ...
... impression of our great dramatick master's works must be confi- dered in fome degree as experimental ; for their cor- ruptions and obfcurities are still so numerous , and the progress of fortunate conjecture so tardy and uncertain ...
Page 42
... impression of the Plays of Shakspeare must not issue into the world without particular and ample acknowledgements of the be- nefit it has derived from the labours of the last editor , whose attention , diligence , and spirit of en ...
... impression of the Plays of Shakspeare must not issue into the world without particular and ample acknowledgements of the be- nefit it has derived from the labours of the last editor , whose attention , diligence , and spirit of en ...
Page 47
... impression . Mr. Malone , however , in his Letter to Dr. Far- mer , has styled these neceffary corrections such " as could not escape a person of the most ordinary ca- pacity , who had been one month converfant with a printing - house ...
... impression . Mr. Malone , however , in his Letter to Dr. Far- mer , has styled these neceffary corrections such " as could not escape a person of the most ordinary ca- pacity , who had been one month converfant with a printing - house ...
Page 69
... confefs how little entertainment they afford . Such was the impression made on the publick by the extravagant praises of those who knew more of books than the fame time I believe it must be allowed , F3 OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 69.
... confefs how little entertainment they afford . Such was the impression made on the publick by the extravagant praises of those who knew more of books than the fame time I believe it must be allowed , F3 OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 69.
Page 188
... impression , as many of ' em as are judg'd of any the least advantage to the poet ; the whole amount- ing to about twenty - five words . " But to the end every reader may judge for himself , we have annexed a compleat list of the rest ...
... impression , as many of ' em as are judg'd of any the least advantage to the poet ; the whole amount- ing to about twenty - five words . " But to the end every reader may judge for himself , we have annexed a compleat list of the rest ...
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