The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 12-13J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... the extent of his reading : had he known Terence , he would not have quoted erro- neously from his Grammar . Every one hath met with men in common life , who , according to the language of the Water - poet , " got only iv PREFACE .
... the extent of his reading : had he known Terence , he would not have quoted erro- neously from his Grammar . Every one hath met with men in common life , who , according to the language of the Water - poet , " got only iv PREFACE .
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... quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or not , it was ...
... quoted , is given us in the admirable preface to the late edition , with a various reading , " small Latin and no Greek , " which hath been held up to the publick for a modern sophistication : yet whether an error or not , it was ...
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... quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. War- burton , that the phrase might have been taken from husbandry , without much depth of reading ; we It is very remarkable , that the bishop is called by his coun- tryman ...
... quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. War- burton , that the phrase might have been taken from husbandry , without much depth of reading ; we It is very remarkable , that the bishop is called by his coun- tryman ...
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... quoted for the fable of Much Ado about Nothing ; but I sus- pect our poet to have been satisfied with the Geneura of Turberville . As you like it was certainly bor- rowed , if we believe Dr. Grey , and Mr. Upton , from the Coke's Tale ...
... quoted for the fable of Much Ado about Nothing ; but I sus- pect our poet to have been satisfied with the Geneura of Turberville . As you like it was certainly bor- rowed , if we believe Dr. Grey , and Mr. Upton , from the Coke's Tale ...
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... quoted as the original ; and observe in consequence , that " if Chaucer's coin were of greater weight for deeper learning , Lyd- gate's were of a more refined standard for purer language : so that one might mistake him for a modern ...
... quoted as the original ; and observe in consequence , that " if Chaucer's coin were of greater weight for deeper learning , Lyd- gate's were of a more refined standard for purer language : so that one might mistake him for a modern ...
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