“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... line occasionally from their Accidence or their Cato de Moribus with tolerable propriety . If , however , the old editions be trusted in this passage , our author's memory somewhat failed him in point of concord . The rage of ...
... line occasionally from their Accidence or their Cato de Moribus with tolerable propriety . If , however , the old editions be trusted in this passage , our author's memory somewhat failed him in point of concord . The rage of ...
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... lines to his noble patron the Earl of Southampton ? -this list of witnesses might be easily enlarged ; but I flatter myself , I shall stand in no need of such evidence . One of the first and most vehement assertors of the learning of ...
... lines to his noble patron the Earl of Southampton ? -this list of witnesses might be easily enlarged ; but I flatter myself , I shall stand in no need of such evidence . One of the first and most vehement assertors of the learning of ...
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... line is to a part of the troop , as mortals by birth , but adopted by the fairies : orphans with respect to their real parents , and now only dependent on Destiny herself . A few lines from Spenser will sufficiently illustrate the ...
... line is to a part of the troop , as mortals by birth , but adopted by the fairies : orphans with respect to their real parents , and now only dependent on Destiny herself . A few lines from Spenser will sufficiently illustrate the ...
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... line in Hamlet's description of the Player , should be printed as in the old folios : " Tears in his eyes , distraction in's aspéct . " agreeably to the accent in a hundred other places . that amazing work is brought somewhat nearer the ...
... line in Hamlet's description of the Player , should be printed as in the old folios : " Tears in his eyes , distraction in's aspéct . " agreeably to the accent in a hundred other places . that amazing work is brought somewhat nearer the ...
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... lines were particularly admired ; and his vanity could not resist the opportunity of claiming them : but his claim had been more easily allowed to any other part of the performance . See also a wrong accentuation of the word aspect in ...
... lines were particularly admired ; and his vanity could not resist the opportunity of claiming them : but his claim had been more easily allowed to any other part of the performance . See also a wrong accentuation of the word aspect in ...
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