The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... juft refemblance of Shak- fpeare ; took it for granted that the copy would be exact ; and , therefore , rafhly affigned to the en- graver a panegyrick which the painter had more immediately deserved . It is lucky indeed for those to ...
... juft refemblance of Shak- fpeare ; took it for granted that the copy would be exact ; and , therefore , rafhly affigned to the en- graver a panegyrick which the painter had more immediately deserved . It is lucky indeed for those to ...
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... juft fufpicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the present improved ftate of our dramatick ar- rangements ; for the propenfity of modern perform- ers to alter words , and occafionally introduce ideas ...
... juft fufpicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the present improved ftate of our dramatick ar- rangements ; for the propenfity of modern perform- ers to alter words , and occafionally introduce ideas ...
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... juft as much credit as he thinks fit : « Here we shall obferve , that the learned Mr. Joshua Barnes , late Greek Profeffor of the Univerfity of Cambridge , baiting about forty years ago at an inn in Stratford , and hearing an old woman ...
... juft as much credit as he thinks fit : « Here we shall obferve , that the learned Mr. Joshua Barnes , late Greek Profeffor of the Univerfity of Cambridge , baiting about forty years ago at an inn in Stratford , and hearing an old woman ...
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... juft value and efteem for him . His ex- ceeding candour and good - nature must certainly have inclined all the gentler part of the world to love him , as the power of his wit obliged the men of the most delicate knowledge and polite ...
... juft value and efteem for him . His ex- ceeding candour and good - nature must certainly have inclined all the gentler part of the world to love him , as the power of his wit obliged the men of the most delicate knowledge and polite ...
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... juft upon returning it to him with an ill - natured answer , that it would be of no fervice to their company ; when Shakspeare luckily caft his eye upon it , and found fomething fo well in it , as to engage him first to read it through ...
... juft upon returning it to him with an ill - natured answer , that it would be of no fervice to their company ; when Shakspeare luckily caft his eye upon it , and found fomething fo well in it , as to engage him first to read it through ...
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