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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Page 16
... true : Mr. Heath ' accedes to the 7 It is extraordinary , that this gentleman should attempt so voluminous a work , as the Revisal of Shakspeare's Text , when , correction , and Mr. Johnson admits it into the text 16 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... true : Mr. Heath ' accedes to the 7 It is extraordinary , that this gentleman should attempt so voluminous a work , as the Revisal of Shakspeare's Text , when , correction , and Mr. Johnson admits it into the text 16 AN ESSAY ON THE.
Page 32
... true , it would certainly be decisive ) that the plot is borrowed from a novel of Cervantes , not published till the year after Shakspeare's death . But unluckily the same novel appears in a part of Don Quixote , which was printed in ...
... true , it would certainly be decisive ) that the plot is borrowed from a novel of Cervantes , not published till the year after Shakspeare's death . But unluckily the same novel appears in a part of Don Quixote , which was printed in ...
Page 42
... true critick , " owed the felicity of freedom from the bondage of classical superstition , to the want of what is called the advantage of a learned education . — This , as well as a vast superiority of genius , hath contributed to lift ...
... true critick , " owed the felicity of freedom from the bondage of classical superstition , to the want of what is called the advantage of a learned education . — This , as well as a vast superiority of genius , hath contributed to lift ...
Page 50
... true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
Page 66
... true with respect to Tasso . Manso and Niceron inform us , that his poem was published , though imper- fectly , in 1574 ; and I myself can assure the biographer , that I written by our poet , it would be absolutely deci- 66 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... true with respect to Tasso . Manso and Niceron inform us , that his poem was published , though imper- fectly , in 1574 ; and I myself can assure the biographer , that I written by our poet , it would be absolutely deci- 66 AN ESSAY ON THE.
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