The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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The traditional accounts that have been received respecting him are consistent in describing him as engaged in business , though they disagree in the nature of the employment which they ascribe to him . In the MS . notes which Aubrey ...
The traditional accounts that have been received respecting him are consistent in describing him as engaged in business , though they disagree in the nature of the employment which they ascribe to him . In the MS . notes which Aubrey ...
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... by the diligence of Malone , that the family of Shakspeare's father was by no means numerous ; for of his eight children , five only attained to the age of maturity . The decay of his affairs was the natural consequence of the xii .
... by the diligence of Malone , that the family of Shakspeare's father was by no means numerous ; for of his eight children , five only attained to the age of maturity . The decay of his affairs was the natural consequence of the xii .
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decay of his affairs was the natural consequence of the de cline of the branch of trade in which he was engaged . As a wool - stapler , Mr. John Shakspeare had flourished as long as the business itself was prosperous ; and with its ...
decay of his affairs was the natural consequence of the de cline of the branch of trade in which he was engaged . As a wool - stapler , Mr. John Shakspeare had flourished as long as the business itself was prosperous ; and with its ...
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As there are no other grounds for entertaining such a supposition ; as testimony of the same nature , and equally strong , might be adduced to prove that Shakspeare was a member of almost every other trade or profession , for he ...
As there are no other grounds for entertaining such a supposition ; as testimony of the same nature , and equally strong , might be adduced to prove that Shakspeare was a member of almost every other trade or profession , for he ...
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... conceal or misrepresent every occurrence which is at all of a humiliating nature , and does not accord with those false and effeminate notions so generally entertained respecting the dignity of that peculiar class of composition ?
... conceal or misrepresent every occurrence which is at all of a humiliating nature , and does not accord with those false and effeminate notions so generally entertained respecting the dignity of that peculiar class of composition ?
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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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