The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... tion , Dr. Johnson's admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers of his own time . By following this track , most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his Gibbon the historian . From this seminary ...
... tion , Dr. Johnson's admirable plan of illustrating Shakspeare by the study of writers of his own time . By following this track , most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his Gibbon the historian . From this seminary ...
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... tion of diligence , has never been produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels ...
... tion of diligence , has never been produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels ...
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... tion has ( in one instance at least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . " Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a ...
... tion has ( in one instance at least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imitator of humanity . " Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the portrait described in the proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a ...
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... is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
... is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
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... tion than it was during the period he flourished in , and the twenty years succeeding it ; for the profession of a player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in ...
... tion than it was during the period he flourished in , and the twenty years succeeding it ; for the profession of a player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in ...
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