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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... Publick . It contains the last improvements and corrections of Mr. Steevens , * by whom it was prepared for the press , and to whom the praise is due of. * Of one to whom the readers of Shakspeare are so much obliged , a flight memorial ...
... Publick . It contains the last improvements and corrections of Mr. Steevens , * by whom it was prepared for the press , and to whom the praise is due of. * Of one to whom the readers of Shakspeare are so much obliged , a flight memorial ...
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... publick is faithfully printed from the copy given by " Whose talents , varying as the diamond's ray , " Could fafcinate alike the grave or gay ! " How oft has pleasure in the social hour " Smil'd at his wit's exhilirating power ! " And ...
... publick is faithfully printed from the copy given by " Whose talents , varying as the diamond's ray , " Could fafcinate alike the grave or gay ! " How oft has pleasure in the social hour " Smil'd at his wit's exhilirating power ! " And ...
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... publick is foli- cited in favour of a new engraving from the only genuine portrait of Shakspeare , it is proper that every circumstance relative to the discovery of it should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday ...
... publick is foli- cited in favour of a new engraving from the only genuine portrait of Shakspeare , it is proper that every circumstance relative to the discovery of it should be faithfully and circumftantially related . On Friday ...
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... publick in the following words : " No. 359. A curious portrait of Shakspeare , painted in 1597. " On the 31st of May , 1792 , Mr. Felton bought it for five guineas ; and afterwards urging some inquiry concerning the place it came from ...
... publick in the following words : " No. 359. A curious portrait of Shakspeare , painted in 1597. " On the 31st of May , 1792 , Mr. Felton bought it for five guineas ; and afterwards urging some inquiry concerning the place it came from ...
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... publick house in 1767 , ( when all its furni- ture , which had devolved to him from his two imme- diate predeceffors , was fold off , ) declared his utter ignorance of any picture on the premises , except a coarse daubing of the ...
... publick house in 1767 , ( when all its furni- ture , which had devolved to him from his two imme- diate predeceffors , was fold off , ) declared his utter ignorance of any picture on the premises , except a coarse daubing of the ...
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