The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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Page 56
... discovered , have been col- lated with the moft fcrupulous accuracy . The meanest books have been carefully examined , only because they were of the age in which he lived , and might happily throw a light on fome forgotten cuftom , or ...
... discovered , have been col- lated with the moft fcrupulous accuracy . The meanest books have been carefully examined , only because they were of the age in which he lived , and might happily throw a light on fome forgotten cuftom , or ...
Page 128
... discovered , it may ferve in fome mea- fure to afcertain the date of the play . This comedy alfo contains an allufion to the difpute between the Puritans and Proteflants con- cerning the ufe of the furplice . That difpute began in 1589 ...
... discovered , it may ferve in fome mea- fure to afcertain the date of the play . This comedy alfo contains an allufion to the difpute between the Puritans and Proteflants con- cerning the ufe of the furplice . That difpute began in 1589 ...
Page 177
... discovered a MS . play , entitled THE WITCH , written by Thomas Middle- ton , which renders it queftionable , whether Shak- 66 " " 4 Mr. Upton was of opinion that this mafque preceded Macbeth . But the only ground which he ftates for ...
... discovered a MS . play , entitled THE WITCH , written by Thomas Middle- ton , which renders it queftionable , whether Shak- 66 " " 4 Mr. Upton was of opinion that this mafque preceded Macbeth . But the only ground which he ftates for ...
Page 195
... discovered the precife time when it was composed . If it were ascertained , it might be fome guide to us in fixing the date of our author's Timon of Athens , which , on the grounds that have been already ftated , I fuppofe to have been ...
... discovered the precife time when it was composed . If it were ascertained , it might be fome guide to us in fixing the date of our author's Timon of Athens , which , on the grounds that have been already ftated , I fuppofe to have been ...
Page 229
... discovered , and which has not been noticed by any writer of that great poet's life , renders Camden's affertion very difputable . Spenfer , I find , in February 1590-1 , obtained from queen Elizabeth an annuity or penfion of fifty ...
... discovered , and which has not been noticed by any writer of that great poet's life , renders Camden's affertion very difputable . Spenfer , I find , in February 1590-1 , obtained from queen Elizabeth an annuity or penfion of fifty ...
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