The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son; F.C. and J. Rivington; J. Stockdale; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie and J. Robinson; T. Egerton; J. Walker; Scatcherd and Letterman; W. Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; B. Crosby and Company; W. Earle; J. Gray and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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... honour , Mr. Reed's principal ambition was to ac- quire a fundamental knowledge of the jurispru- dence of his country ; and thus far he was emi- nently successful . But the law , however alluring its prospects , had not charms ...
... honour , Mr. Reed's principal ambition was to ac- quire a fundamental knowledge of the jurispru- dence of his country ; and thus far he was emi- nently successful . But the law , however alluring its prospects , had not charms ...
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... honour upon that account ; for there is full as great a want of taste manifest in the design , as in the execution of his works on copper . " & c . Ibid . Vol . II . p . 125 . of suspicious aspect ; though for want of a more 2 ...
... honour upon that account ; for there is full as great a want of taste manifest in the design , as in the execution of his works on copper . " & c . Ibid . Vol . II . p . 125 . of suspicious aspect ; though for want of a more 2 ...
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... honour to personate the great and amiable Thurloe , secretary of state to Oliver Cromwell . From the price of forty guineas paid for the sup- posed portrait of our author to Mrs. Barry , the real value of it should not be inferred . The ...
... honour to personate the great and amiable Thurloe , secretary of state to Oliver Cromwell . From the price of forty guineas paid for the sup- posed portrait of our author to Mrs. Barry , the real value of it should not be inferred . The ...
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... honour us as to observe , that the foregoing opinions were not suggested and defended through an ambitious spi- rit of contradiction . Mr. Malone's Preface , in- deed , will absolve us from that censure ; for he allows them to be of a ...
... honour us as to observe , that the foregoing opinions were not suggested and defended through an ambitious spi- rit of contradiction . Mr. Malone's Preface , in- deed , will absolve us from that censure ; for he allows them to be of a ...
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... honour of being united in a task of lite- rature with Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON . This is a dis- tinction which malevolence cannot obscure , nor flattery transfer to any other candidate for publick favour . It may possibly be expected , that a ...
... honour of being united in a task of lite- rature with Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON . This is a dis- tinction which malevolence cannot obscure , nor flattery transfer to any other candidate for publick favour . It may possibly be expected , that a ...
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