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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... reft of his countrymen , and be added to the immense pile of human bones deposited in the charnel - house at Stratford . This , however , is mere conjecture ; for fimilar execrations are found in many ancient Latin epitaphs . Mr ...
... reft of his countrymen , and be added to the immense pile of human bones deposited in the charnel - house at Stratford . This , however , is mere conjecture ; for fimilar execrations are found in many ancient Latin epitaphs . Mr ...
Page 180
... reft ) there is very little variation in all the subse- quent editions of them . There are extant two prefaces to the first quarto edition of Troilus and Cressida in 1609 , and to that of Othello ; by which it appears , that the first ...
... reft ) there is very little variation in all the subse- quent editions of them . There are extant two prefaces to the first quarto edition of Troilus and Cressida in 1609 , and to that of Othello ; by which it appears , that the first ...
Page 286
... reft a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakspeare in the late editions , the greater part were not pub- lished till about seven years after his death , and the ...
... reft a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakspeare in the late editions , the greater part were not pub- lished till about seven years after his death , and the ...
Page 291
... reft . Theobald , thus weak and ignorant , thus mean and faithless , thus petulant and oftentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has escaped , and escaped alone , with reputation , from this undertaking . So ...
... reft . Theobald , thus weak and ignorant , thus mean and faithless , thus petulant and oftentatious , by the good luck of having Pope for his enemy , has escaped , and escaped alone , with reputation , from this undertaking . So ...
Page 313
... reft , which was probably haften- ed by their remaining in the form of pamphlets , their use and value being equally unknown to those into whose hands they fell . Of some I have printed more than one copy ; as there are many persons ...
... reft , which was probably haften- ed by their remaining in the form of pamphlets , their use and value being equally unknown to those into whose hands they fell . Of some I have printed more than one copy ; as there are many persons ...
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