The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1Rwington, 1821 |
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... edition , evidently as he thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of ...
... edition , evidently as he thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of ...
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... editions of Mr. Steevens , not- withstanding the accession of much additional matter , I have been induced to print ... edition himself , he would have furnished . It was his intention to have devoted one sec- tion to the manners and ...
... editions of Mr. Steevens , not- withstanding the accession of much additional matter , I have been induced to print ... edition himself , he would have furnished . It was his intention to have devoted one sec- tion to the manners and ...
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... edition an engraving from what is commonly known by the name of the Chandos portrait of Shak- speare , now in the possession of the Marquis of Buck- ingham , has been prefixed . The history of that picture will be found towards the ...
... edition an engraving from what is commonly known by the name of the Chandos portrait of Shak- speare , now in the possession of the Marquis of Buck- ingham , has been prefixed . The history of that picture will be found towards the ...
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... edition of Ben Jonson , in which not only his critical opinions are frequently treated with contempt , but even language ( I trust hastily ) employed , which might seem to cast an imputation on his moral character ? It is to this point ...
... edition of Ben Jonson , in which not only his critical opinions are frequently treated with contempt , but even language ( I trust hastily ) employed , which might seem to cast an imputation on his moral character ? It is to this point ...
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... edition in 1793 , and this , for purposes of general reference , might have been amply sufficient ; but when such language is applied to a note of Mr. Malone's , founded , in a great measure , on the place which it occupies , it might ...
... edition in 1793 , and this , for purposes of general reference , might have been amply sufficient ; but when such language is applied to a note of Mr. Malone's , founded , in a great measure , on the place which it occupies , it might ...
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