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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... original . He might previously have known that the picture conveyed a juft resemblance of Shak- fpeare ; took it for granted that the copy would be exact ; and , therefore , rafhly affigned to the en- graver a panegyrick which the ...
... original . He might previously have known that the picture conveyed a juft resemblance of Shak- fpeare ; took it for granted that the copy would be exact ; and , therefore , rafhly affigned to the en- graver a panegyrick which the ...
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... judges have con- curred in pronouncing that the plate of Droefhout conveys not only a general likeness of its original , but an exact and particular one as far as this artist had ability to execute his undertaking . Droefhout could follow.
... judges have con- curred in pronouncing that the plate of Droefhout conveys not only a general likeness of its original , but an exact and particular one as far as this artist had ability to execute his undertaking . Droefhout could follow.
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... original it is mathe- matically ftraight . See note 9 , p . 6 . It may be observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had kill or opportunity to ...
... original it is mathe- matically ftraight . See note 9 , p . 6 . It may be observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had kill or opportunity to ...
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... that he has given the very fingular ruff of Shakspeare as it ftands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . author's likeness was expofed to , may have been numerous 6 PREFACE TO.
... that he has given the very fingular ruff of Shakspeare as it ftands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . author's likeness was expofed to , may have been numerous 6 PREFACE TO.
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... original house was burnt ; and , fecondly , that the path through which the fame picture has travelled fince , is as little to be determined as the courfe of a fubterra- neous ftream . It may alfo be remarked , that if fuch a Portrait ...
... original house was burnt ; and , fecondly , that the path through which the fame picture has travelled fince , is as little to be determined as the courfe of a fubterra- neous ftream . It may alfo be remarked , that if fuch a Portrait ...
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