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... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare · Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare · Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
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... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare • · • Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare • · • Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
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... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare • . 73 Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare · Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
... Observations on the Tragedy of Mac- beth , with Remarks on Sir T. Hanmer's Edition of Shakespeare • . 73 Proposals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare · Preface to Shakespeare General Observations on the Plays of ...
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... observation , there is still great uncertainty among the best criticks : nor is it easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment ...
... observation , there is still great uncertainty among the best criticks : nor is it easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment ...
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... observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven . It did not descend to us in a state of uniformity and perfection , but was produced by necessity , and enlarged by accident , and is therefore com ...
... observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven . It did not descend to us in a state of uniformity and perfection , but was produced by necessity , and enlarged by accident , and is therefore com ...
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