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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... exemplified by correspond- ing depravities of language ; but not of such lan- • See first folio , & c . for the list of actors in our author's plays . guage as Shakespeare , if compared with himself where he D2 ADVERTISEMENT . 35.
... exemplified by correspond- ing depravities of language ; but not of such lan- • See first folio , & c . for the list of actors in our author's plays . guage as Shakespeare , if compared with himself where he D2 ADVERTISEMENT . 35.
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... language and allusions are occasionally obscure . We may subjoin ( alluding to our own practice as well as that of others ) that they whose remarks are longest , and who seek the most frequent op- portunities of introducing their names ...
... language and allusions are occasionally obscure . We may subjoin ( alluding to our own practice as well as that of others ) that they whose remarks are longest , and who seek the most frequent op- portunities of introducing their names ...
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... language ; for even modern poetry has sometimes been in danger from the chances of their superintendance . He whose business it is to offer this unusual apology , very well remembers to have been sitting with Dr. John- son , when an ...
... language ; for even modern poetry has sometimes been in danger from the chances of their superintendance . He whose business it is to offer this unusual apology , very well remembers to have been sitting with Dr. John- son , when an ...
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... language . It is without contro- versy , that in his works we scarce find any traces of any thing that looks like an imitation of the an- cients . The delicacy of his taste , and the natural bent of his own great genius , ( equal , if ...
... language . It is without contro- versy , that in his works we scarce find any traces of any thing that looks like an imitation of the an- cients . The delicacy of his taste , and the natural bent of his own great genius , ( equal , if ...
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... language to de- liver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and in order to settle in the world after a family manner , he thought fit to marry while ...
... language to de- liver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and in order to settle in the world after a family manner , he thought fit to marry while ...
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