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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... last two years of his life , and to the conclufion of it did not relax his attention to the illustration of Shakspeare , which was the first object of his regard . He died the 22d of January , 1800 , and was buried in Poplar chapel . To ...
... last two years of his life , and to the conclufion of it did not relax his attention to the illustration of Shakspeare , which was the first object of his regard . He died the 22d of January , 1800 , and was buried in Poplar chapel . To ...
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... last century . He resided in England , and was employed by the booksellers . His portraits , which are the best part of his works , have nothing but their scarcity to recommend them . He engraved the head of Shakespeare , John Fox , the ...
... last century . He resided in England , and was employed by the booksellers . His portraits , which are the best part of his works , have nothing but their scarcity to recommend them . He engraved the head of Shakespeare , John Fox , the ...
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... 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 author . For a ...
... 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 author . For a ...
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... collected as many pictures of Shakspeare as he could hear of , ( in the hope that he might at last procure a genuine one , ) declares that the August 11 , 1794 , Mr. Wilson assured Mr. Stee- B4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 7.
... collected as many pictures of Shakspeare as he could hear of , ( in the hope that he might at last procure a genuine one , ) declares that the August 11 , 1794 , Mr. Wilson assured Mr. Stee- B4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 7.
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... last from Mr. Keck's unauthenticated purchase out of the dreffing - room of a modern actress . It is obvious , therefore , from the joint depofi- tions of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sloman , that an in- ference disadvantageous to the ...
... last from Mr. Keck's unauthenticated purchase out of the dreffing - room of a modern actress . It is obvious , therefore , from the joint depofi- tions of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sloman , that an in- ference disadvantageous to the ...
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