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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... taken some pains upon this subject , and have ventured to add the result of my reading to what my friend has left behind him . In another department of this work I have put myself to a good deal of unnecessary trouble , if the decision ...
... taken some pains upon this subject , and have ventured to add the result of my reading to what my friend has left behind him . In another department of this work I have put myself to a good deal of unnecessary trouble , if the decision ...
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William Shakespeare. the reader of the different view which I have taken of an editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed be sometimes lengthened by yet other insertions then have been made , but without advantage either to its spirit ...
William Shakespeare. the reader of the different view which I have taken of an editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed be sometimes lengthened by yet other insertions then have been made , but without advantage either to its spirit ...
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... taken more pains to show that language , in his opinion , was not intended to communicate our ideas ; but I can sincerely state that I have never wished to conceal his merits , when they have fallen under my knowledge . In one respect ...
... taken more pains to show that language , in his opinion , was not intended to communicate our ideas ; but I can sincerely state that I have never wished to conceal his merits , when they have fallen under my knowledge . In one respect ...
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... taken up as transmitted by others . If the fair fame of Jonson , hitherto unimpeached , had by him been first called in question , he might then indeed have been stigmatised as a reviler of the illustrious dead , whom all preceding ...
... taken up as transmitted by others . If the fair fame of Jonson , hitherto unimpeached , had by him been first called in question , he might then indeed have been stigmatised as a reviler of the illustrious dead , whom all preceding ...
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... taken from the 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 ...
... taken from the 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 ...
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