“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Plutarch : but in what language he read him , hath yet been the question . Mr. Upton is pretty confident of his skill in the ori- ginal , and corrects accordingly the errors of his co- pyists by the Greek standard . Take a few instances ...
... Plutarch : but in what language he read him , hath yet been the question . Mr. Upton is pretty confident of his skill in the ori- ginal , and corrects accordingly the errors of his co- pyists by the Greek standard . Take a few instances ...
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... Plutarch . " This correction was first made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given he tells us in his Preface , " he was not so fortunate as to be fur- nished ...
... Plutarch . " This correction was first made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given he tells us in his Preface , " he was not so fortunate as to be fur- nished ...
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... Plutarch , whom Shakspeare very diligently studied , expressly declares , that he left the publick his gardens and walks , πέραν τῷ Ποταμέ , beyond the Tyber . " This emendation likewise hath been adopted by the subsequent editors ; but ...
... Plutarch , whom Shakspeare very diligently studied , expressly declares , that he left the publick his gardens and walks , πέραν τῷ Ποταμέ , beyond the Tyber . " This emendation likewise hath been adopted by the subsequent editors ; but ...
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... Plutarch in Coriolanus may , I think , be as well made an instance of the learning of Shakspeare , as those copy'd from Cicero in Catiline , of Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen ...
... Plutarch in Coriolanus may , I think , be as well made an instance of the learning of Shakspeare , as those copy'd from Cicero in Catiline , of Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen ...
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... Plutarch . Indeed from a passage in an old play , called Jack Drum's Entertainment , I conjecture that he had be- fore made his appearance on the stage . Were this a proper place for such a disquisition , I could give you many cases of ...
... Plutarch . Indeed from a passage in an old play , called Jack Drum's Entertainment , I conjecture that he had be- fore made his appearance on the stage . Were this a proper place for such a disquisition , I could give you many cases of ...
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