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If , " says he , " a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts his thoughts ; that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination ...
If , " says he , " a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts his thoughts ; that it calls not up into his mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination ...
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In a subscription for the relief of the poor , 1564 , out of twenty - four persons , twelve gave more , six the same , and six less , than the poet's father ; and in a second subscription , of fourteen persons , eight gave more ...
In a subscription for the relief of the poor , 1564 , out of twenty - four persons , twelve gave more , six the same , and six less , than the poet's father ; and in a second subscription , of fourteen persons , eight gave more ...
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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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Against such a person , the extreme severity of the magistrate should not have been exerted . His youth - his genius - his accomplishments - his wife and children , should have mitigated the authority that was armed against him .
Against such a person , the extreme severity of the magistrate should not have been exerted . His youth - his genius - his accomplishments - his wife and children , should have mitigated the authority that was armed against him .
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The only edition of this tragedy that have come down to us , are three spurious quartos , of which the text was printed from copies taken by illiterate persons during representation , and published without any regard to the property or ...
The only edition of this tragedy that have come down to us , are three spurious quartos , of which the text was printed from copies taken by illiterate persons during representation , and published without any regard to the property or ...
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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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