The Dramatic Works, Volume 1at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1829 |
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The object then of the present publication is to afford the general reader a correct edition of Shakspeare , accompanied by an abridged commentary , in which all superfluous and refuted explanations and conjectures , and all the ...
The object then of the present publication is to afford the general reader a correct edition of Shakspeare , accompanied by an abridged commentary , in which all superfluous and refuted explanations and conjectures , and all the ...
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Fortune , however , seems to have been propitious to his labours , for he flatters himself that he has been enabled in many instances to present the reader with more satisfactory explanations of difficult passages , and with more exact ...
Fortune , however , seems to have been propitious to his labours , for he flatters himself that he has been enabled in many instances to present the reader with more satisfactory explanations of difficult passages , and with more exact ...
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... not unworthy of the reader's attention , The letter has no date : - “ Sir , I am at present so much harassed with private business that it is not in my power to afford you the long and regular answer which your letter deserves .
... not unworthy of the reader's attention , The letter has no date : - “ Sir , I am at present so much harassed with private business that it is not in my power to afford you the long and regular answer which your letter deserves .
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... my opinions have had the good fortune to coincide with yours in the least matter of consequence , I begin to think so indifferently of my own judgment , that I am ready to give it up without reluctance on the present occasion .
... my opinions have had the good fortune to coincide with yours in the least matter of consequence , I begin to think so indifferently of my own judgment , that I am ready to give it up without reluctance on the present occasion .
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Steevens was at the time assisting Malone in preparing his Supplement to Shakspeare , and had previously made a liberal present to him of his valuable collection of old plays ; he afterwards called himself a dowager editor , ' and said ...
Steevens was at the time assisting Malone in preparing his Supplement to Shakspeare , and had previously made a liberal present to him of his valuable collection of old plays ; he afterwards called himself a dowager editor , ' and said ...
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| Title | The Dramatic Works, Volume 1 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection The dramatic works, Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1829 |
| Original from | University of Luzern |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2021 |
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