The Plays of William Shakespeare,: In Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators;J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 6 others in London], 1765 |
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... Ben Johnson getting poffeffion of the Stage , brought critical learning into vogue : And that this was not done without difficulty , may appear from thofe fre- quent leffons ( and indeed almost Declamations ) which he was forced to ...
... Ben Johnson getting poffeffion of the Stage , brought critical learning into vogue : And that this was not done without difficulty , may appear from thofe fre- quent leffons ( and indeed almost Declamations ) which he was forced to ...
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... Ben Johnson in his Difcoveries , and from the pre- face of Heminges and Condell to the first folio Edition . But in reality ( however it has prevailed ) there never was a more groundlefs report , or to the contrary of which there are ...
... Ben Johnson in his Difcoveries , and from the pre- face of Heminges and Condell to the first folio Edition . But in reality ( however it has prevailed ) there never was a more groundlefs report , or to the contrary of which there are ...
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... Ben Johnson's . The manners of other nations in ge- neral , the Egyptians , Venetians , French , & c . are drawn with equal propriety . Whatever object of nature , or branch of fcience , he either speaks of or describes ; it is always ...
... Ben Johnson's . The manners of other nations in ge- neral , the Egyptians , Venetians , French , & c . are drawn with equal propriety . Whatever object of nature , or branch of fcience , he either speaks of or describes ; it is always ...
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... Ben Johnson ; as they endeavoured to exalt the one at the expence of the other . It is ever the nature of Parties to be in extremes ; and nothing is fo pro- bable , as that because Ben Johnson had much the more learning , it was faid on ...
... Ben Johnson ; as they endeavoured to exalt the one at the expence of the other . It is ever the nature of Parties to be in extremes ; and nothing is fo pro- bable , as that because Ben Johnson had much the more learning , it was faid on ...
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... Ben Johnson was in- troduced upon the Stage , and his firft works encou- raged , by Shakespear . And after his death , that Author writes To the memory of his beloved Mr. Wil- liam Shakespear , which fhows as if the friendship had ...
... Ben Johnson was in- troduced upon the Stage , and his firft works encou- raged , by Shakespear . And after his death , that Author writes To the memory of his beloved Mr. Wil- liam Shakespear , which fhows as if the friendship had ...
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PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,Isaac 1742-1807 Reed,Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson No preview available - 2016 |
PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,Isaac 1742-1807 Reed,Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson No preview available - 2016 |
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