The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... natural to fuppofe that the mutilated state of it prevented either of their Lordships from becoming its pur- chafer , How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar- ratives ( refpecting the place where this picture was met with , & c ...
... natural to fuppofe that the mutilated state of it prevented either of their Lordships from becoming its pur- chafer , How far the report on which Mr. Wilfon's nar- ratives ( refpecting the place where this picture was met with , & c ...
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... Nature , to outdoo the life : 66 O , could he but have drawne his wit " As well in braffe , as he hath hit " His face ; the print would then furpaffe " All that was ever writ in braffe . " But , fince he cannot , Reader , looke " Not on ...
... Nature , to outdoo the life : 66 O , could he but have drawne his wit " As well in braffe , as he hath hit " His face ; the print would then furpaffe " All that was ever writ in braffe . " But , fince he cannot , Reader , looke " Not on ...
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... nature . For the difcuffion of fubjects like thefe , an eye habituated to minute comparison , and attentive to peculiarities that elude the notice of unqualified obfervers , is also required . Shakspeare's counte- nance deformed by ...
... nature . For the difcuffion of fubjects like thefe , an eye habituated to minute comparison , and attentive to peculiarities that elude the notice of unqualified obfervers , is also required . Shakspeare's counte- nance deformed by ...
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... natural and inherent imperfections . Such too , in thefe more enlightened days , when few compofitors are unfkilled in orthography and punctuation , would be the event , were compli- cated works of fancy fubmitted to no other fuper ...
... natural and inherent imperfections . Such too , in thefe more enlightened days , when few compofitors are unfkilled in orthography and punctuation , would be the event , were compli- cated works of fancy fubmitted to no other fuper ...
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... natural turn of it to the ftage , foon diftinguished him , if not as an extraor- dinary actor , yet as an excellent ... nature fo large a fhare in what he did , that , for aught I know , the performances of his youth , as they were the ...
... natural turn of it to the ftage , foon diftinguished him , if not as an extraor- dinary actor , yet as an excellent ... nature fo large a fhare in what he did , that , for aught I know , the performances of his youth , as they were the ...
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