“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... borrowed all his allusions from English books then published , our Essayist might have possibly established his sys- tem . " - In good time ! This had scarcely been at- B2 tempted by Peter Burman himself , with the library of PREFACE ...
... borrowed all his allusions from English books then published , our Essayist might have possibly established his sys- tem . " - In good time ! This had scarcely been at- B2 tempted by Peter Burman himself , with the library of PREFACE ...
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... English writers ( for to own the truth , I was once idle enough to collect such , ) which shall carry with them at least an equal degree of similarity . But there can be no occasion of wasting any future time in this department : the ...
... English writers ( for to own the truth , I was once idle enough to collect such , ) which shall carry with them at least an equal degree of similarity . But there can be no occasion of wasting any future time in this department : the ...
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... English straid : " Thus ' twixt one Plutarch there's more difference , " Than i'th ' same Englishman return'd from France . " 6 VOL . II . C so in the modern translation : but Shakspeare was misled LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 17.
... English straid : " Thus ' twixt one Plutarch there's more difference , " Than i'th ' same Englishman return'd from France . " 6 VOL . II . C so in the modern translation : but Shakspeare was misled LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 17.
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... English : " and his strictures upon him evince the publication . Now this identical ode is to be met with in Ronsard ! and as his works are in few hands , I will take the liberty of transcribing it : " La terre les eaux va boivant , " L ...
... English : " and his strictures upon him evince the publication . Now this identical ode is to be met with in Ronsard ! and as his works are in few hands , I will take the liberty of transcribing it : " La terre les eaux va boivant , " L ...
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... English Proverbs , printed with his Scourge of Folly , about 1612 : " Do well and have well ! -neyther so still : " For some are good doers , whose havings are ill . " and Daniel the historian uses it frequently . Having seems to be ...
... English Proverbs , printed with his Scourge of Folly , about 1612 : " Do well and have well ! -neyther so still : " For some are good doers , whose havings are ill . " and Daniel the historian uses it frequently . Having seems to be ...
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