The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 |
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Page xxxiii
... they not held the thread of the story in their hands . The ftories , which we now find only in remoter authours , were in his time acceffible and familiar . VOL . I. b The The fable of As you like it , which is PRE FAC E. xxxiii.
... they not held the thread of the story in their hands . The ftories , which we now find only in remoter authours , were in his time acceffible and familiar . VOL . I. b The The fable of As you like it , which is PRE FAC E. xxxiii.
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... hands of Sir Tho mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by nature for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first requifite to emendatory cri ticifm , that intuition by which the poet's intention is ...
... hands of Sir Tho mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by nature for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first requifite to emendatory cri ticifm , that intuition by which the poet's intention is ...
Page lxii
... hands I have given an enumeration , that I may not be blamed for ne- glecting what I had not the power to do . By examining the old copies , I foon found that the later publishers , with all their boafts of diligence , fuffered many ...
... hands I have given an enumeration , that I may not be blamed for ne- glecting what I had not the power to do . By examining the old copies , I foon found that the later publishers , with all their boafts of diligence , fuffered many ...
Page lxxvi
... hand went together : And what he thought he uttered with that eafineffe , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our Province , who onely gather his workes , and give them you , to praife him . It is ...
... hand went together : And what he thought he uttered with that eafineffe , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our Province , who onely gather his workes , and give them you , to praife him . It is ...
Page lxxxiv
... hand that Shakespear had none at all ; and because Shakespear had much the most wit and fancy , it was retorted on the other , that Johnson wanted both . Because Shakespear bor- rowed nothing , it was faid that Ben Johnson borrowed ...
... hand that Shakespear had none at all ; and because Shakespear had much the most wit and fancy , it was retorted on the other , that Johnson wanted both . Because Shakespear bor- rowed nothing , it was faid that Ben Johnson borrowed ...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 8 William Shakespeare,Samuel Johnson,J and R Tonson No preview available - 2016 |
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