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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... persons of various and first - rate talents , that it would appear like presumption in any one , and especially in him whose name is subscribed to this Advertisement , to imagine himself capable of adding any thing on so exhausted a ...
... persons of various and first - rate talents , that it would appear like presumption in any one , and especially in him whose name is subscribed to this Advertisement , to imagine himself capable of adding any thing on so exhausted a ...
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... person- age of distinction , and might therefore have belonged to the celebrated Earl whom Shakspeare had pre- viously complimented by the dedication of his Venus and Adonis . Surely , it is not unreasonable to fup- pose , that a ...
... person- age of distinction , and might therefore have belonged to the celebrated Earl whom Shakspeare had pre- viously complimented by the dedication of his Venus and Adonis . Surely , it is not unreasonable to fup- pose , that a ...
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... person it was designed for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they ...
... person it was designed for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they ...
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... person who should have told him that Shakspeare himself was a natural fon of Queen Elizabeth . An additional and no less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibility , may be found at the conclufion of one of his own Letters to Mr. Ray ...
... person who should have told him that Shakspeare himself was a natural fon of Queen Elizabeth . An additional and no less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibility , may be found at the conclufion of one of his own Letters to Mr. Ray ...
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... persons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , beside Ben Jonfon's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford positively afferted that , in the fame collection , the grandfather of Cock the auctioneer had the honour to perfonate ...
... persons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , beside Ben Jonfon's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford positively afferted that , in the fame collection , the grandfather of Cock the auctioneer had the honour to perfonate ...
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