Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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... hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most faulted . and to ...
... hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most faulted . and to ...
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... hath been sounded against " the darling project of representing Shakespeare as one of the illiterate vulgar ; " and indeed to so good purpose , that I would by all means recommend the performer to the army of the bray- ing faction ...
... hath been sounded against " the darling project of representing Shakespeare as one of the illiterate vulgar ; " and indeed to so good purpose , that I would by all means recommend the performer to the army of the bray- ing faction ...
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... hath scarcely set in opposition the learning of Shakespeare and Jonson When a superiority is universally granted , it by no means appears a man's literary interest to depress the reputation of his antagonist . In truth the received ...
... hath scarcely set in opposition the learning of Shakespeare and Jonson When a superiority is universally granted , it by no means appears a man's literary interest to depress the reputation of his antagonist . In truth the received ...
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... hath exposed the weakness of some arguments from suspected imitations ; and yet offers others , which , I doubt not , he could as easily have re- futed . Mr. Upton wonders " with what kind of reasoning any one could be so far imposed ...
... hath exposed the weakness of some arguments from suspected imitations ; and yet offers others , which , I doubt not , he could as easily have re- futed . Mr. Upton wonders " with what kind of reasoning any one could be so far imposed ...
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... Hath hard words ready to show why , And tell what rule he did it by . How would the old bard have been astonished to have ound , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic di- meter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY called the ithyphallic ...
... Hath hard words ready to show why , And tell what rule he did it by . How would the old bard have been astonished to have ound , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic di- meter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY called the ithyphallic ...
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