The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... believe Shak- fpeare had any thing to do with it . Mr. Capell is equally mif- taken when he fays ( Pref . p . 15. ) that Rowley is called his partner in the title - page of The Merry Devil of Edmonton . There must have been fome ...
... believe Shak- fpeare had any thing to do with it . Mr. Capell is equally mif- taken when he fays ( Pref . p . 15. ) that Rowley is called his partner in the title - page of The Merry Devil of Edmonton . There must have been fome ...
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... believe that thunder was not thought to be inno- cent in our author's time , as we elsewhere learn from himfelf . See King Lear , Act III . fc . ii . Antony and Cleopatra , Act II . fc . v . Julius Cæfar , A & t I. fc . iii . and still ...
... believe that thunder was not thought to be inno- cent in our author's time , as we elsewhere learn from himfelf . See King Lear , Act III . fc . ii . Antony and Cleopatra , Act II . fc . v . Julius Cæfar , A & t I. fc . iii . and still ...
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... believe , only rofes compofed of ribbands . In Marston's What you will , is the following paffage : " Dupatzo the elder brother , the fool , he that bought the half- penny ribband , wearing it in his ear , " & c . Again , in Every Man ...
... believe , only rofes compofed of ribbands . In Marston's What you will , is the following paffage : " Dupatzo the elder brother , the fool , he that bought the half- penny ribband , wearing it in his ear , " & c . Again , in Every Man ...
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... facing France . JOHNSON . 6 To make a more requital , & c . ] I believe it has been already obferved , that more fignified in our author's time , greater . STELVENS . To cull the plots of beft advantages : -7 We'll 30 JOHN . KING.
... facing France . JOHNSON . 6 To make a more requital , & c . ] I believe it has been already obferved , that more fignified in our author's time , greater . STELVENS . To cull the plots of beft advantages : -7 We'll 30 JOHN . KING.
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... believe , is beft . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Love's Cure , or The Martial Maid : 66 Can I cry aim " To this against myfelf ? " Again , in Churchyard's Charge , 1580 , p . 8. b : " Yet he that ftands , and giveth aime , " Maie ...
... believe , is beft . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Love's Cure , or The Martial Maid : 66 Can I cry aim " To this against myfelf ? " Again , in Churchyard's Charge , 1580 , p . 8. b : " Yet he that ftands , and giveth aime , " Maie ...
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