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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... those who really knew Mr. Steevens will readily subscribe : " Peace to these ashes ! once the bright attire " OF STEEVENS , sparkling with æthereal fire ! admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers a2 ...
... those who really knew Mr. Steevens will readily subscribe : " Peace to these ashes ! once the bright attire " OF STEEVENS , sparkling with æthereal fire ! admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers a2 ...
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... those gentlemen who , during the course of the publication , have obligingly offered the present Editor their afsistance , which he should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept their favours . He was ...
... those gentlemen who , during the course of the publication , have obligingly offered the present Editor their afsistance , which he should thankfully have received , had he confidered himself at liberty to accept their favours . He was ...
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... those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artist therefore affumed the liberty of ...
... those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artist therefore affumed the liberty of ...
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... those of better print and paper than have hitherto been allotted to any octavo edition of Shakspeare . Justice nevertheless requires us to subjoin , that had an. We are happy at least to have recollected a fingle imposition that was too ...
... those of better print and paper than have hitherto been allotted to any octavo edition of Shakspeare . Justice nevertheless requires us to subjoin , that had an. We are happy at least to have recollected a fingle imposition that was too ...
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... those which this second folio , with all its blunders , has displayed . The fame gentleman also ( fee his Preface , p . 410 ) speaks with some confidence of having proved his assertions relative to the worthlessness of this book . But ...
... those which this second folio , with all its blunders , has displayed . The fame gentleman also ( fee his Preface , p . 410 ) speaks with some confidence of having proved his assertions relative to the worthlessness of this book . But ...
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