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H. F. and G. Witherby, 1914

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Page 672 - Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, And Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: Viz.
Page 672 - London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls ChurchYard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden.
Page 540 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.
Page 673 - MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. Published according to the true Original Copies. The Third Impression. And unto this Impression is added Seven Playes, never before Printed in Folio. viz.: Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigall. The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine.
Page 175 - A collection of the names of the merchants living in and about the city of London ; very useful!
Page 378 - Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeare, including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original MSS. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street.
Page 410 - BATT upon Batt. A poem upon the parts, patience and pains of Barth. Kempster, clerk, poet, cutler, of Holyrood-parish in Southampton. By a person of quality. To which is annexed the vision, wherein is described Batt's person and ingenuity ; with an account of the ancient and present state and glory of Southampton.
Page 46 - Vatum praesagia, vivam. London Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St.
Page 723 - Bounce to Fop. An Heroick Epistle from a Dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court.
Page 60 - The PSALMS of DAVID in meeter; newly translated, and diligently compared with the original text and former translations ; more plain, smooth, and agreeable to the text than any heretofore. Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families'; Edinburgh, by Evan Tyler, printer to the King's majesty, (pp.

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