“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or ...
... Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or ...
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... think , this critick himself hath scarcely set in opposition the learning of Shakspeare and Jonson * " Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is universally granted , it by no LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 11.
... think , this critick himself hath scarcely set in opposition the learning of Shakspeare and Jonson * " Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is universally granted , it by no LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 11.
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... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
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... Jonson's . Mr. Theobald is " very unwilling to allow him so poor a scholar , as many have laboured to represent him ; " and yet is " cautious of declaring too posi- tively on the other side of the question . " Dr. Warburton hath exposed ...
... Jonson's . Mr. Theobald is " very unwilling to allow him so poor a scholar , as many have laboured to represent him ; " and yet is " cautious of declaring too posi- tively on the other side of the question . " Dr. Warburton hath exposed ...
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... Jonson , hath written a piece expressly on this side the question : perhaps from a very excusable partiality , he was willing to draw Shakspeare from the field of nature to classick ground , where alone , he knew , his au- thor could ...
... Jonson , hath written a piece expressly on this side the question : perhaps from a very excusable partiality , he was willing to draw Shakspeare from the field of nature to classick ground , where alone , he knew , his au- thor could ...
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