Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1748 - 411 pages |
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... the whole does not depend on meer whim , caprice , or fashion ? Befide , I began to be apprehenfive for the fate of fome of my most favourite English authors . We have few books in our language that merit a A 3 We THE ...
... the whole does not depend on meer whim , caprice , or fashion ? Befide , I began to be apprehenfive for the fate of fome of my most favourite English authors . We have few books in our language that merit a A 3 We THE ...
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... English author is the prefent fubject of criticism , to be knowing in the English language and English authors may be deemed fufficient . - There is an English author , which was much studied by Shakespeare , Į Shakespeare , but very ...
... English author is the prefent fubject of criticism , to be knowing in the English language and English authors may be deemed fufficient . - There is an English author , which was much studied by Shakespeare , Į Shakespeare , but very ...
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... English , and should be belped thus , 66 " I'll speak a prophecy OR TWO ERE I go . " Mr. W. I am fure our Critic has not helped the measure .-- But is not OR ERE I GO English ? In the Tempest , A & t I. fc . 2. p . 6. Mr. W's edition ...
... English , and should be belped thus , 66 " I'll speak a prophecy OR TWO ERE I go . " Mr. W. I am fure our Critic has not helped the measure .-- But is not OR ERE I GO English ? In the Tempest , A & t I. fc . 2. p . 6. Mr. W's edition ...
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... English , what fhall we fay to the most correct English translation that ever was made ? And the Lions - brake all their bones or ever " they came at the bottom of the den . " Dan . VI , 14.But let us fee this bumorous prophecy . " When ...
... English , what fhall we fay to the most correct English translation that ever was made ? And the Lions - brake all their bones or ever " they came at the bottom of the den . " Dan . VI , 14.But let us fee this bumorous prophecy . " When ...
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... English word given to him to whom the Speaker is SUPREMELY attached : Lieveft be- 66 « Ε ing the fuperlative of the comparative , levar , " rather , from lief . " If the reader can make any thing of this note , he may perceive , 1ft ...
... English word given to him to whom the Speaker is SUPREMELY attached : Lieveft be- 66 « Ε ing the fuperlative of the comparative , levar , " rather , from lief . " If the reader can make any thing of this note , he may perceive , 1ft ...
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