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... Pope , admitted a juvenile one of King James I. as that of Shakspeare . * Among the heads of illustrious persons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , beside Ben Jonson's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford positively ...
... Pope , admitted a juvenile one of King James I. as that of Shakspeare . * Among the heads of illustrious persons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , beside Ben Jonson's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford positively ...
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... Pope , Hanmer , and Warburton , were fome- times justly blamed for wanton and needless devia- tions from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on some of us , for a revival of irregularities which have ...
... Pope , Hanmer , and Warburton , were fome- times justly blamed for wanton and needless devia- tions from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on some of us , for a revival of irregularities which have ...
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... Pope . " As for cancels , it is in the power of every careless binder to defeat their purpose ; for they are so seldom lodged with uniformity in their proper places , that they as often ferve to render copies imperfect , as to screen an ...
... Pope . " As for cancels , it is in the power of every careless binder to defeat their purpose ; for they are so seldom lodged with uniformity in their proper places , that they as often ferve to render copies imperfect , as to screen an ...
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... POPE . Richard II . and III . were both printed in 1597.- On the order of time in which Shakspeare's plays were written , see the Essay in the second volume . MALONE . 3 - for aught I know , the performances of his youth - were the best ...
... POPE . Richard II . and III . were both printed in 1597.- On the order of time in which Shakspeare's plays were written , see the Essay in the second volume . MALONE . 3 - for aught I know , the performances of his youth - were the best ...
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... POPE . In a note fubjoined to that epilogue , and more fully in Vol . XIII . p . 184 , n . 4 , the reader will find this notion over- turned , and the origin of this vulgar error pointed out . Mr. Rowe was evidently deceived by a ...
... POPE . In a note fubjoined to that epilogue , and more fully in Vol . XIII . p . 184 , n . 4 , the reader will find this notion over- turned , and the origin of this vulgar error pointed out . Mr. Rowe was evidently deceived by a ...
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