“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... words of a pleasant declaimer against sermons on the thirtieth of January , an answer to every thing that shall hereafter be written on the subject . " 66 But " this method of reasoning will prove any one ignorant of the languages , who ...
... words of a pleasant declaimer against sermons on the thirtieth of January , an answer to every thing that shall hereafter be written on the subject . " 66 But " this method of reasoning will prove any one ignorant of the languages , who ...
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... word of exceeding good command : but I am willing , that the standard itself be some- what better ascertained before it be opposed to de- monstrative evidence . Upon the whole , I may consider myself as the pioneer of the commentators ...
... word of exceeding good command : but I am willing , that the standard itself be some- what better ascertained before it be opposed to de- monstrative evidence . Upon the whole , I may consider myself as the pioneer of the commentators ...
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... words ready to show why , " And tell what rule he did it by . " How would the old bard have been astonished to have found , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic dimeter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY call- ed the ithyphallic ...
... words ready to show why , " And tell what rule he did it by . " How would the old bard have been astonished to have found , that he had very skilfully given the trochaic dimeter brachycatalectic , COMMONLY call- ed the ithyphallic ...
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... words of North into blank verse . " If we helde our peace ( my sonne ) and deter- mined not to speake , the state of our poore bodies , and present sight of our rayment , would easely be- wray to thee what life we haue led at home ...
... words of North into blank verse . " If we helde our peace ( my sonne ) and deter- mined not to speake , the state of our poore bodies , and present sight of our rayment , would easely be- wray to thee what life we haue led at home ...
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... word to be used , as a Grecian would have used it ? " ὀρφανός ab ὀρφνὸς - acting in darkness and obscurity . " Mr. Heath assures us , that the bare mention of such an interpretation , is a sufficient refutation of it : and his critical word ...
... word to be used , as a Grecian would have used it ? " ὀρφανός ab ὀρφνὸς - acting in darkness and obscurity . " Mr. Heath assures us , that the bare mention of such an interpretation , is a sufficient refutation of it : and his critical word ...
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