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Page vii
To make room for it Titus Andronicus might have been omitted ; but our proprietors are of opinion that some ancient prejudices in its favour may fill exist , and for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets ...
To make room for it Titus Andronicus might have been omitted ; but our proprietors are of opinion that some ancient prejudices in its favour may fill exist , and for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets ...
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... the publick had decided against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hesitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with superstitious reverence for his name , than censured for a presumptuous disregard of his opinions .
... the publick had decided against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hesitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with superstitious reverence for his name , than censured for a presumptuous disregard of his opinions .
Page xi
our remote descendants may be perplexed by passages that have perplexed us ; and the readings which have hitherto disunited the opinions of the learned , may continue to disunite them as long as England and Shakspeare have a name .
our remote descendants may be perplexed by passages that have perplexed us ; and the readings which have hitherto disunited the opinions of the learned , may continue to disunite them as long as England and Shakspeare have a name .
Page xiv
... it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our opinion , the a 9 1 1 furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiy ADVERTISEMENT .
... it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our opinion , the a 9 1 1 furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiy ADVERTISEMENT .
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Yet , in our opinion , they have suffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , some words , alike unnecessary to sense and the grammar of the age , may be ...
Yet , in our opinion , they have suffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , some words , alike unnecessary to sense and the grammar of the age , may be ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Johnson (écrivain) |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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