Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... edition . " Tower Hill , * July 8 , 1808 . Mr. Gifford , however , failed in tracing the manu- script of " Beleeve as you List , " and I have heard him ( 1819 ) more than once lament the circum- stance , and doubt its existence . The ...
... edition . " Tower Hill , * July 8 , 1808 . Mr. Gifford , however , failed in tracing the manu- script of " Beleeve as you List , " and I have heard him ( 1819 ) more than once lament the circum- stance , and doubt its existence . The ...
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... edition of Shakespeare - an author , recollect , most frequently edited , not the first edition from a newly - discovered manuscript - is replete with such oversights and blunders , that I intend discarding it from my library , as an ...
... edition of Shakespeare - an author , recollect , most frequently edited , not the first edition from a newly - discovered manuscript - is replete with such oversights and blunders , that I intend discarding it from my library , as an ...
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... edition of Shakespeare , vol . vii , p . 209 , and he will find that vast , in Hamlet , act i , sc . 2 , is mis- printed wast or waste , in the old copies , subsequent to that of 1603. And that gentleman attributes it to a " very easy ...
... edition of Shakespeare , vol . vii , p . 209 , and he will find that vast , in Hamlet , act i , sc . 2 , is mis- printed wast or waste , in the old copies , subsequent to that of 1603. And that gentleman attributes it to a " very easy ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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