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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... say , enough , though the battle be decided . " Were it shown , ( says some one ) that the old bard borrowed all his allusions from English books then published , our Essayist might have possibly established his sys- tem . " - In good ...
... say , enough , though the battle be decided . " Were it shown , ( says some one ) that the old bard borrowed all his allusions from English books then published , our Essayist might have possibly established his sys- tem . " - In good ...
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... says , ) for mine own part , if I were as tedious as a king , I could find in my heart to bestow it all on this subject : " but where should I meet with a reader ? -When the main pillars are taken away , the whole building falls in ...
... says , ) for mine own part , if I were as tedious as a king , I could find in my heart to bestow it all on this subject : " but where should I meet with a reader ? -When the main pillars are taken away , the whole building falls in ...
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... says a brother of the craft , " is a vast garden of criticism : " and certainly no one can be favoured with more weeders gratis . But how often , my dear sir , are weeds and flowers torn up indiscriminately ? —the ravaged spot is re ...
... says a brother of the craft , " is a vast garden of criticism : " and certainly no one can be favoured with more weeders gratis . But how often , my dear sir , are weeds and flowers torn up indiscriminately ? —the ravaged spot is re ...
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... says , to save the effusion of more Christian ink , I will endeavour to show , how they came to his acquaintance . It is notorious , that much of his matter of fact knowledge is deduced from Plutarch : but in what language he read him ...
... says , to save the effusion of more Christian ink , I will endeavour to show , how they came to his acquaintance . It is notorious , that much of his matter of fact knowledge is deduced from Plutarch : but in what language he read him ...
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... ( says Dr. Dodd ) is a good deal in the manner of the celebrated drinking Ode , too well known to be inserted . " Yet it may be alledged by those , who imagine Shakspeare to have been generally able to think for himself , that the topicks ...
... ( says Dr. Dodd ) is a good deal in the manner of the celebrated drinking Ode , too well known to be inserted . " Yet it may be alledged by those , who imagine Shakspeare to have been generally able to think for himself , that the topicks ...
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