The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... languages is uncertain . That his plays have some French scenes proves but little ; he might easily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in common degree , he could not have written it ...
... languages is uncertain . That his plays have some French scenes proves but little ; he might easily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in common degree , he could not have written it ...
Page 166
... language and history , require that our ancient writings should be diligently reviewed . There is no age which has not produced some works that deserved to be remembered ; and as words and phrases are only understood by comparing them ...
... language and history , require that our ancient writings should be diligently reviewed . There is no age which has not produced some works that deserved to be remembered ; and as words and phrases are only understood by comparing them ...
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... language : but it should be remembered , that in the beginning of the reign of Charles the First many words and modes of speech began to be disused , which had been common in the age of Queen Elizabeth . The editor of the second folio ...
... language : but it should be remembered , that in the beginning of the reign of Charles the First many words and modes of speech began to be disused , which had been common in the age of Queen Elizabeth . The editor of the second folio ...
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