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Page xii
... faid that Ben Johnson borrow- ed every thing . Because Johnson did not write extempore , he was reproached with being a year about every piece ; and be- cause Shakespear wrote with ease and rapi- dity , they cryed , he never once made a ...
... faid that Ben Johnson borrow- ed every thing . Because Johnson did not write extempore , he was reproached with being a year about every piece ; and be- cause Shakespear wrote with ease and rapi- dity , they cryed , he never once made a ...
Page xviii
... faid of Procrustes ) either lopping , or stretching an Author , to make him just fit for their Stage . This edition is said to be printed from the Original Copies ; I believe they meant thofe which had lain ever fince the Author's days ...
... faid of Procrustes ) either lopping , or stretching an Author , to make him just fit for their Stage . This edition is said to be printed from the Original Copies ; I believe they meant thofe which had lain ever fince the Author's days ...
Page xxvi
... faid Merchant , in cutting a just Pound of his Flesh , and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Caskets . Printed by J. Roberts , 1600 , Quarto . Another Edition of the fame , printed by J. R. for Tho . Heyes , in the fame ...
... faid Merchant , in cutting a just Pound of his Flesh , and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three Caskets . Printed by J. Roberts , 1600 , Quarto . Another Edition of the fame , printed by J. R. for Tho . Heyes , in the fame ...
Page xxxii
... faid to have been a fubftantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Strat- ford . In this kind of fettlement he continued for fome time , ' till an extravagance that he was guilty of forc'd him both out of his country and that way of living ...
... faid to have been a fubftantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Strat- ford . In this kind of fettlement he continued for fome time , ' till an extravagance that he was guilty of forc'd him both out of his country and that way of living ...
Page xxxiii
... faid to have made his first acquaintance in the Play - house . He was receiv'd into the Company then in being , at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit , and the natural turn of it to the stage , soon diftinguish'd him , if ...
... faid to have made his first acquaintance in the Play - house . He was receiv'd into the Company then in being , at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit , and the natural turn of it to the stage , soon diftinguish'd him , if ...
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