The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. Thus much for metaphor ; it is contrary to the statute to fly out so early ; but who ... Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading ...
... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. Thus much for metaphor ; it is contrary to the statute to fly out so early ; but who ... Ben Jonson , so often quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading ...
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... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. Shakspeare , that the question was not fully ... Ben . stands foremost ; and some have held it sufficient to decide the ... Jonson 3 46 Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is ...
... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. Shakspeare , that the question was not fully ... Ben . stands foremost ; and some have held it sufficient to decide the ... Jonson 3 46 Though thou hadst small Latin , " & c . When a superiority is ...
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... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
... Jonson , at least in the earlier part of life , is absolutely groundless : at this time scarce a play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But Jonson is by no means ...
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... Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen . Take the famous one of Volumnia : " Should we be silent and not speak , our raiment " And state of bodies would bewray what life " We've led ...
... Ben Jonson's . " Let us inquire into this matter , and transcribe a speech for a specimen . Take the famous one of Volumnia : " Should we be silent and not speak , our raiment " And state of bodies would bewray what life " We've led ...
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... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. edly the case with our author likewise . The revival of this performance , which Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these ...
... Johnson, George Steevens Isaac Reed. edly the case with our author likewise . The revival of this performance , which Ben Jonson calls stale and mouldy , was probably his earliest attempt in the drama . I know , that another of these ...
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