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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... reafon will approve , he here bids adieu to SHAKSPEARE , and his Commentators ; acknow- ledging the candour with which very imperfect efforts have been received , and wifhing for his fuc- ceffors the fame gratification he has ...
... reafon will approve , he here bids adieu to SHAKSPEARE , and his Commentators ; acknow- ledging the candour with which very imperfect efforts have been received , and wifhing for his fuc- ceffors the fame gratification he has ...
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... reafon to believe that Shakspeare's is the earliest known portrait of Droefhout's engraving . No wonder then that his performances twenty years after , are found to be executed with a fomewhat fuperior degree of skill and accuracy . Yet ...
... reafon to believe that Shakspeare's is the earliest known portrait of Droefhout's engraving . No wonder then that his performances twenty years after , are found to be executed with a fomewhat fuperior degree of skill and accuracy . Yet ...
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... reafon only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c . of Shak- fpeare , because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their fervice ; notwithstanding these miscellaneous ...
... reafon only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c . of Shak- fpeare , because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their fervice ; notwithstanding these miscellaneous ...
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... reafon , lover , & c . ) into monofyllables ; and his fentiments refpecting the worth of the variations fupplied by the fecond folio.On the firft of thefe contefted matters • See alfo Addifon's Spectator , No. 470 . we commit ourselves ...
... reafon , lover , & c . ) into monofyllables ; and his fentiments refpecting the worth of the variations fupplied by the fecond folio.On the firft of thefe contefted matters • See alfo Addifon's Spectator , No. 470 . we commit ourselves ...
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... , have been ascertained . They fhall not , however , be oftentatiously pointed out , and for this only reafon : That as they decrease but little , if at all , the vigour of Shakspeare , the critick who in general has 50 ADVERTISEMENT .
... , have been ascertained . They fhall not , however , be oftentatiously pointed out , and for this only reafon : That as they decrease but little , if at all , the vigour of Shakspeare , the critick who in general has 50 ADVERTISEMENT .
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