“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means our only authority . Drayton , the countryman and acquaintance of Shakspeare , determines his excellence to the na- turall braine only . Digges , a wit of ...
... original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means our only authority . Drayton , the countryman and acquaintance of Shakspeare , determines his excellence to the na- turall braine only . Digges , a wit of ...
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... original . I cannot , however , omit a passage from Mr. Pope : " The speeches copied from 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 ...
... original . I cannot , however , omit a passage from Mr. Pope : " The speeches copied from 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 ...
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... original . But he is mistaken : this too was . the work of Boccace , and printed at Ferrara in folio , con il com- mento di Andrea Bassi , 1475. I have seen a copy of it , and a translation into modern Greek , in the noble library of ...
... original . But he is mistaken : this too was . the work of Boccace , and printed at Ferrara in folio , con il com- mento di Andrea Bassi , 1475. I have seen a copy of it , and a translation into modern Greek , in the noble library of ...
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... original play of William Shakspeare in the King's Patent prefixed to Mr. Theobald's edition , 1728 , and consequently there could be no fraud in the matter . Whilst , on the contrary , the Irish laureat , Mr. Victor , remarks , ( and ...
... original play of William Shakspeare in the King's Patent prefixed to Mr. Theobald's edition , 1728 , and consequently there could be no fraud in the matter . Whilst , on the contrary , the Irish laureat , Mr. Victor , remarks , ( and ...
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... original ; and 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 ...
... original ; and 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 ...
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