“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... probably be made , and many additional proofs of the argument have necessarily occurred in more than twenty years : some of which may be found in the late admirable editions of our POET , by Mr. Steevens and Mr. Reed . But , perhaps ...
... probably be made , and many additional proofs of the argument have necessarily occurred in more than twenty years : some of which may be found in the late admirable editions of our POET , by Mr. Steevens and Mr. Reed . But , perhaps ...
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... probably have no great weight on either side , yet it may not seem fair to suppress them : take them therefore as their authors occur to me , and we will afterward proceed to particulars . The testimony of Ben . stands foremost ; and ...
... probably have no great weight on either side , yet it may not seem fair to suppress them : take them therefore as their authors occur to me , and we will afterward proceed to particulars . The testimony of Ben . stands foremost ; and ...
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... probably all he knew of the matter was from madam Isabella in the Heptameron of Whetstone.1 Ariosto is continually quoted for the fable of Much Ado about Nothing ; but I sus- pect our poet to have been satisfied with the Geneura of ...
... probably all he knew of the matter was from madam Isabella in the Heptameron of Whetstone.1 Ariosto is continually quoted for the fable of Much Ado about Nothing ; but I sus- pect our poet to have been satisfied with the Geneura of ...
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... probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed ...
... probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these discarded pieces , The Yorkshire Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed ...
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... probably misled by his predecessor , Speght , was determined , Procrustes - like , to force every line in The Canterbury Tales to the same standard : but a precise num- ber of syllables was not the object of our old poets . Lydgate ...
... probably misled by his predecessor , Speght , was determined , Procrustes - like , to force every line in The Canterbury Tales to the same standard : but a precise num- ber of syllables was not the object of our old poets . Lydgate ...
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