The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Egerton; J. Cuthell; Scatcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cadell and Davies ... [and 28 others in London], J. Deighton and sons, Cambridge: Wilson and son, York: and Stirling and Slade, Fairbairn and Anderson, and D. Brown, Edinburgh., 1821 |
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... plays , and is less corrupted than any other . " Mr. Upton peremptorily deter- mines , " that if any proof can be drawn from manner and style , this play must be sent packing , and seek for its parent elsewhere . How otherwise , " says ...
... plays , and is less corrupted than any other . " Mr. Upton peremptorily deter- mines , " that if any proof can be drawn from manner and style , this play must be sent packing , and seek for its parent elsewhere . How otherwise , " says ...
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... play , I cannot but think that I find , both in the serious and ludicrous scenes , the language and sentiments of Shakspeare . It is not , indeed , one of his most powerful effusions ; it has nei- ther many diversities of character ...
... play , I cannot but think that I find , both in the serious and ludicrous scenes , the language and sentiments of Shakspeare . It is not , indeed , one of his most powerful effusions ; it has nei- ther many diversities of character ...
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... plays . But reasons have been already assigned , to show that it was the earliest , or at least one of the earliest ... play , are as perfectly Shakspearian ( I do not say as finished or as beautiful ) as any of his other pieces ; and ...
... plays . But reasons have been already assigned , to show that it was the earliest , or at least one of the earliest ... play , are as perfectly Shakspearian ( I do not say as finished or as beautiful ) as any of his other pieces ; and ...
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... play before us : but this censure is pronounced without sufficient discrimination , or a due attention to the period when it was produced . Every com → position must be examined with a constant reference to the opinions that prevailed ...
... play before us : but this censure is pronounced without sufficient discrimination , or a due attention to the period when it was produced . Every com → position must be examined with a constant reference to the opinions that prevailed ...
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... play , it is only necessary to say here , that I believe it to have been written in 1591. See the Essay on the Chronological Order of Shakspeare's Plays . MALOne . * See this topick further discussed , in the preliminary obser- vations ...
... play , it is only necessary to say here , that I believe it to have been written in 1591. See the Essay on the Chronological Order of Shakspeare's Plays . MALOne . * See this topick further discussed , in the preliminary obser- vations ...
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