“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 17
... character of this work pretty early delineated : " ' Twas Greek at first , that Greek was Latin made , " That Latin , French ; that French to English straid : " Thus ' twixt one Plutarch there's more difference , " Than i'th ' same ...
... character of this work pretty early delineated : " ' Twas Greek at first , that Greek was Latin made , " That Latin , French ; that French to English straid : " Thus ' twixt one Plutarch there's more difference , " Than i'th ' same ...
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... character , [ Sir C. H. W. ] exhibited with many other candidates his complimental epigram on the birth - bay , and carried the prize in triumph : " O Regina orbis prima & pulcherrima : ridens " Es Venus , incedens Juno , Minerva ...
... character , [ Sir C. H. W. ] exhibited with many other candidates his complimental epigram on the birth - bay , and carried the prize in triumph : " O Regina orbis prima & pulcherrima : ridens " Es Venus , incedens Juno , Minerva ...
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... character no way belonging to him . " But this character was not borrowed from the ancients ; -it came from the Arcadia of Sir Philip Sidney : " Millions of yeares this old drivell Cupid lives ; " While still more wretch , more wicked ...
... character no way belonging to him . " But this character was not borrowed from the ancients ; -it came from the Arcadia of Sir Philip Sidney : " Millions of yeares this old drivell Cupid lives ; " While still more wretch , more wicked ...
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... character of our fan- tastical author . His work was originally translated by one Za- charie Jones . My edit . is in 4to . 1605 , with an anonymous Dedication to the King : the Devonshire story was therefore well known in the time of ...
... character of our fan- tastical author . His work was originally translated by one Za- charie Jones . My edit . is in 4to . 1605 , with an anonymous Dedication to the King : the Devonshire story was therefore well known in the time of ...
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... character of Wolsey , in Henry VIII . is brought by the Doctor as another argument for the learning of Shak- speare : 66 He was a man " Of an unbounded stomach , ever ranking " Himself with princes ; one that by suggestion " Ty'd all ...
... character of Wolsey , in Henry VIII . is brought by the Doctor as another argument for the learning of Shak- speare : 66 He was a man " Of an unbounded stomach , ever ranking " Himself with princes ; one that by suggestion " Ty'd all ...
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