Some account of the life, etc. of Wm. Shakespeare, by [Nicholas] Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. Farmer's Essay on the learning of Shakespeare. The tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaVernor, Hood and Sharp, 1809 |
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... WRITTEN BY MR . ROWE . Ir seems to be a kind of respect due to the memory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to ...
... WRITTEN BY MR . ROWE . Ir seems to be a kind of respect due to the memory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to ...
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... written when that lord was general for the queen in Ireland ; and his clogy upon queen Elizabeth , and her successor king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the ac- cession ...
... written when that lord was general for the queen in Ireland ; and his clogy upon queen Elizabeth , and her successor king James , in the latter end of his Henry the Eighth , is a proof of that play's being written after the ac- cession ...
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... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be improper to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the ...
... writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion it may not be improper to observe , that this part of Falstaff is said to have been written originally under the ...
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... written by Shakespeare . The latter part of his life was spent , as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be , in ease , retirement , and the conversation of his friends . He had the good fortune to gather an estate equal to his ...
... written by Shakespeare . The latter part of his life was spent , as all men of good sense will wish theirs may be , in ease , retirement , and the conversation of his friends . He had the good fortune to gather an estate equal to his ...
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... writing ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out a line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that ...
... writing ( whatsoever he penned ) he never blotted out a line . My answer hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that ...
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