The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... a dry tasteless style ; and from the similarity which appears in the design of all his portraits , it is supposed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- stowed by the.
... a dry tasteless style ; and from the similarity which appears in the design of all his portraits , it is supposed that he worked from his own drawings VOL . I. B Of the character repeatedly and deliberately be- stowed by the.
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... given the very singular ruff of , Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . author's likeness was exposed to , may have been numerous 6 PREFACE TO.
... given the very singular ruff of , Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . author's likeness was exposed to , may have been numerous 6 PREFACE TO.
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... appears to have escaped contradiction , either metrical or prosaick , from the surviving friends of Shakspeare . But , another misrepresentation , though an in- voluntary one , and of more recent date , should not be overlooked . In the ...
... appears to have escaped contradiction , either metrical or prosaick , from the surviving friends of Shakspeare . But , another misrepresentation , though an in- voluntary one , and of more recent date , should not be overlooked . In the ...
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... appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are said at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , and convey no distinct resemblance ...
... appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are said at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , and convey no distinct resemblance ...
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... is his countenance as represented by Faithorne , that it appears to have sunk that celebrated engraver beneath many a common artist in the same line . with equal justice will withhold from him the poet's bays 26 ADVERTISEMENT .
... is his countenance as represented by Faithorne , that it appears to have sunk that celebrated engraver beneath many a common artist in the same line . with equal justice will withhold from him the poet's bays 26 ADVERTISEMENT .
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