“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 30
... observe a preceding elision . Some of the professed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutię ; I could point out to you several performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare ...
... observe a preceding elision . Some of the professed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutię ; I could point out to you several performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare ...
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... observe in consequence , that " if Chaucer's coin were of greater weight for deeper learning , Lyd- gate's were a more refined standard for purer language : that one might mistake him for a modern writer ! " of SO Let me here make an ...
... observe in consequence , that " if Chaucer's coin were of greater weight for deeper learning , Lyd- gate's were a more refined standard for purer language : that one might mistake him for a modern writer ! " of SO Let me here make an ...
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... observed to me on the authority of Blefkenius , that this was the ancient opinion of the inhabitants of Iceland ; who were certainly very little read either in the poet or the philosopher . After all , Shakspeare's curiosity might lead ...
... observed to me on the authority of Blefkenius , that this was the ancient opinion of the inhabitants of Iceland ; who were certainly very little read either in the poet or the philosopher . After all , Shakspeare's curiosity might lead ...
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... observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of Vincentio , seem to be evidently taken from the disguise of the Sycophanta in the Trinummus of the said author ; and ...
... observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of Vincentio , seem to be evidently taken from the disguise of the Sycophanta in the Trinummus of the said author ; and ...
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... observed , hath not Shakspeare's name on the title - page of the only edition published in his life - time . Indeed , from every internal mark , I have not the least doubt but this horrible piece was originally written by the author of ...
... observed , hath not Shakspeare's name on the title - page of the only edition published in his life - time . Indeed , from every internal mark , I have not the least doubt but this horrible piece was originally written by the author of ...
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