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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... pleased so little in this country , that there are not above fix or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . back of the picture , will be given at the 14 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . Proposals by William Richardfon.
... pleased so little in this country , that there are not above fix or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . back of the picture , will be given at the 14 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . Proposals by William Richardfon.
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... pleased with those thoughts , altogether new and uncommon , which his own ima- gination supplied him so abundantly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most ...
... pleased with those thoughts , altogether new and uncommon , which his own ima- gination supplied him so abundantly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most ...
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... pleased , to have learned from certain authority , which was the first play he wrote ; 4 it would be without doubt a pleasure to any man , curious in things of this kind , to fee and know what was the first essay of a fancy like ...
... pleased , to have learned from certain authority , which was the first play he wrote ; 4 it would be without doubt a pleasure to any man , curious in things of this kind , to fee and know what was the first essay of a fancy like ...
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... pleased to fee a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully capable of furnishing their favourite entertainments . Befides the advantages of his wit , he was in himself a good - natured man , of ...
... pleased to fee a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein , and so plentifully capable of furnishing their favourite entertainments . Befides the advantages of his wit , he was in himself a good - natured man , of ...
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... pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff , in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more , and to show him in love . This is faid to be the occafion of his writing The Merry ...
... pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff , in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more , and to show him in love . This is faid to be the occafion of his writing The Merry ...
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