The Works of Shakespear: Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measureJ. and P. Knapton, 1747 |
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... John Oldcastle , Yorkshire Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Pu- ritan , and London Prodigal , cannot be admitted as his . And I should conjecture of fome of the others , ( parti- cularly Love's Labour's Loft , The Winter's Tale , and Titus ...
... John Oldcastle , Yorkshire Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Pu- ritan , and London Prodigal , cannot be admitted as his . And I should conjecture of fome of the others , ( parti- cularly Love's Labour's Loft , The Winter's Tale , and Titus ...
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... John Shakespear , and was born at Stratford upon Avon , in Warwickshire , in April 1564. His family , as appears by the Register and publick Writings relating to that Town , were of good figure and fashion there , and are mention'd as ...
... John Shakespear , and was born at Stratford upon Avon , in Warwickshire , in April 1564. His family , as appears by the Register and publick Writings relating to that Town , were of good figure and fashion there , and are mention'd as ...
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... John Falstaff , who was a Knight of the garter , and a Lieutenant- general , was a name of diftinguish'd merit in the wars in France in Henry the fifth's and Henry the fixth's times . What grace foever the Queen confer'd upon him , it ...
... John Falstaff , who was a Knight of the garter , and a Lieutenant- general , was a name of diftinguish'd merit in the wars in France in Henry the fifth's and Henry the fixth's times . What grace foever the Queen confer'd upon him , it ...
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... John- fon ; Sir John Suckling , who was a profefs'd admirer of Shakespear , had undertaken his defence against Ben Johnson with fome warmth ; Mr. Hales , who had fat ftill for fome time , told ' em , That if Mr. Shakespear bad not read ...
... John- fon ; Sir John Suckling , who was a profefs'd admirer of Shakespear , had undertaken his defence against Ben Johnson with fome warmth ; Mr. Hales , who had fat ftill for fome time , told ' em , That if Mr. Shakespear bad not read ...
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... John - a - Combe . But the sharpness of the Satire is faid to have stung the man fo feverely , that he never forgave it . He dy'd in the 53d year of his age , and was bury'd on the north fide of the chancel , in the great Church at ...
... John - a - Combe . But the sharpness of the Satire is faid to have stung the man fo feverely , that he never forgave it . He dy'd in the 53d year of his age , and was bury'd on the north fide of the chancel , in the great Church at ...
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