The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... late ingenious and modest Mr. Dodsley de- clared himself " Untutor'd in the lore of Greece or Rome . " yet let us take a passage at a venture from any of his performances , and a thousand to one , it is stolen . Suppose it to be his ...
... late ingenious and modest Mr. Dodsley de- clared himself " Untutor'd in the lore of Greece or Rome . " yet let us take a passage at a venture from any of his performances , and a thousand to one , it is stolen . Suppose it to be his ...
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... late admirable editions of our POET , by Mr. Steevens and Mr. Reed . But , perhaps enough is already said on so light a subject : -A subject , however , which had for a long time pretty warmly divided the criticks upon Shakspeare . : AN ...
... late admirable editions of our POET , by Mr. Steevens and Mr. Reed . But , perhaps enough is already said on so light a subject : -A subject , however , which had for a long time pretty warmly divided the criticks upon Shakspeare . : AN ...
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... late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or not , ' it was adopted above a century ago by W. Towers , in a panegy ...
... late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or not , ' it was adopted above a century ago by W. Towers , in a panegy ...
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... late for so mean a performance from the hand of Shak- speare . Sometimes a very little matter detects a forgery . You may remember a play called The Double Fals- hood , which Mr. Theobald was desirous of palming upon the world for a ...
... late for so mean a performance from the hand of Shak- speare . Sometimes a very little matter detects a forgery . You may remember a play called The Double Fals- hood , which Mr. Theobald was desirous of palming upon the world for a ...
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... late for this imi- tation but I have a copy in my own possession , printed for W. Ponsonbie , 1590 , 4to . which hath escaped the notice of the industrious Ames , and the rest of our typographical antiquaries . Thus likewise every word ...
... late for this imi- tation but I have a copy in my own possession , printed for W. Ponsonbie , 1590 , 4to . which hath escaped the notice of the industrious Ames , and the rest of our typographical antiquaries . Thus likewise every word ...
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