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" We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeare,- because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service. "
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The tragedie of Cymbeline. 1913 - Page vii
by William Shakespeare - 1913 - 539 pages
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...for that reason only it is preserved. We have not reprinted the Sonnets, Sec. of Shakspeare, because the strongest act of Parliament that could be framed, would fail to compel readers into their service ; notwithstanding these miscellaneous Poems have derived every possible...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...for that reason only it is preserved. We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeare, because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service; notwithstanding these miscellaneous poems have derived every possible advantage...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...for that reason only it is preserved. We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeare, because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service; notwithstanding these miscellaneous poems have derived every possible advantage...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 536 pages
...of these poems must not be omitted. " We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeare,- because the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service. Had Shakspeare produced no other works than these, his name would have...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 538 pages
...of these poems must not be omitted. " We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeate, because the strongest act of parliament that; could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service. Had Shakspeare produced no other works than these, his name would have...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...of the labours of these critics. " We have not reprinted the Sonnets, &c. of Shakspeare, " because the strongest act of parliament that could " be framed would fail to compel readers into their " service. Had Shakspeare produced no other works " than these, his name would have...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...of the labours of these critics. "We "have not reprinted the Sonnets, dec. of Shakspeare, I "because 1 readers into their "service. Had Shakspeare produced no other works "than these, his name would have...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 450 pages
...ventured, by throwing out of his edition the poems of Shakespeare, with a remarkable hyper-criticism, that 'the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service.' Not only he denounced the sonnets of Shakespeare, but the sonnet itself,...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 6

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 406 pages
...ventured, by throwing out of his edition the poems of Shakspeare, with a remarkable hyper-criticism, that " the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail to compel readers into their service." Not only he denounced the sonnets 'of Shakspeare, but the sonnet itself,...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 3

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1835 - 588 pages
...ventured, by throwing out of his edition the poems of Shakspeare , with a remarkable hyper-criticism , that " the strongest act of parliament that could be framed would fail Io compel readers into their service. " Not only he denounced the sonnets of Shakspeare, but the sonnet...
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