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In the MS . notes which Aubrey had collected for a life of the poet , it is affirmed , that " his father was a butcher ; " while , on the other hand , it is stated by Rowe that he was " a considerable dealer in wool .
In the MS . notes which Aubrey had collected for a life of the poet , it is affirmed , that " his father was a butcher ; " while , on the other hand , it is stated by Rowe that he was " a considerable dealer in wool .
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The person in whose neighborhood , perhaps on whose property , these encroachments were made , was of all others the individual from whose hands they were least likely to escape with impunity in case of detection .
The person in whose neighborhood , perhaps on whose property , these encroachments were made , was of all others the individual from whose hands they were least likely to escape with impunity in case of detection .
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Shakspeare finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present themselves , I am Shakspeare's boy , sir .
Shakspeare finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present themselves , I am Shakspeare's boy , sir .
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All the materials were ready to their hands ; they had not to invent for themselves , but to adapt an old invention to their own purposes : and at a time when every better apartment was adorned with tapestry ; when even the rooms of the ...
All the materials were ready to their hands ; they had not to invent for themselves , but to adapt an old invention to their own purposes : and at a time when every better apartment was adorned with tapestry ; when even the rooms of the ...
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... which seems to have suffered more than any other play in passing through the ignorant and negligent hands of the transcriber and the printer , might have been originally the work of Shakspeare , without retaining xxxii .
... which seems to have suffered more than any other play in passing through the ignorant and negligent hands of the transcriber and the printer , might have been originally the work of Shakspeare , without retaining xxxii .
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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