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That he get good allowance for the Enterlude of Henry 8 , before he begin to print it ; and then procure the warden's hand to it for the entrance of yt , he is to have the same for his copy . May 8 , 1605 . Simon Stafford .
That he get good allowance for the Enterlude of Henry 8 , before he begin to print it ; and then procure the warden's hand to it for the entrance of yt , he is to have the same for his copy . May 8 , 1605 . Simon Stafford .
Page 16
On the contrary , after his plays had pafled for twenty years through the hands of a fucceision of ignorant transcribers , they were more likely to become maimed and corrupted , than when they were printed from papers less 16 ENTRIES ON ...
On the contrary , after his plays had pafled for twenty years through the hands of a fucceision of ignorant transcribers , they were more likely to become maimed and corrupted , than when they were printed from papers less 16 ENTRIES ON ...
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Rei on a coffee - cup in their hands , are to be numbered among the centributors to bibliothecal purity . I claim the merit of being the first commentator Shakspeare who trove , with becoming seriousness , to account for the frequent ...
Rei on a coffee - cup in their hands , are to be numbered among the centributors to bibliothecal purity . I claim the merit of being the first commentator Shakspeare who trove , with becoming seriousness , to account for the frequent ...
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On the other hand some little difficulty arises from the line --- " And doth the learneds ' talk upon him take ; " for our poet certainly had no title to that epithet . Spenser , however , might have used it in an appropriated sense ...
On the other hand some little difficulty arises from the line --- " And doth the learneds ' talk upon him take ; " for our poet certainly had no title to that epithet . Spenser , however , might have used it in an appropriated sense ...
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... famous gracer of tragedians , that Greene , ( who hath said with thee , like the foole in his heart , there is no God , ) should now give glory unto his greatness ; for penetrating is his power , his hand is heavy upon me ; & c .
... famous gracer of tragedians , that Greene , ( who hath said with thee , like the foole in his heart , there is no God , ) should now give glory unto his greatness ; for penetrating is his power , his hand is heavy upon me ; & c .
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