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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... perfon reprefented agrees with the date on the back of the picture . In 1597 our author was in his 33d year , and in the meridian of his reputation , a period at which his resemblance was most likely to have been fecured . • It has ...
... perfon reprefented agrees with the date on the back of the picture . In 1597 our author was in his 33d year , and in the meridian of his reputation , a period at which his resemblance was most likely to have been fecured . • It has ...
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... perfon- age of diftinction , and might therefore have belonged to the celebrated Earl whom Shakspeare had pre- viously complimented by the dedication of his Venus and Adonis . Surely , it is not unreasonable to fup- pose , that a ...
... perfon- age of diftinction , and might therefore have belonged to the celebrated Earl whom Shakspeare had pre- viously complimented by the dedication of his Venus and Adonis . Surely , it is not unreasonable to fup- pose , that a ...
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... perfon it was defigned for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confefs that they ...
... perfon it was defigned for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished . Various copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confefs that they ...
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... perfons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , befide Ben Jonson's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford ... perfon supposed to be represented ; and then , ( as Edmund fays in King Lear ) " come pat , like the catastrophe of ...
... perfons engraved by Houbraken , are several imaginary ones , befide Ben Jonson's and Otway's ; and old Mr. Langford ... perfon supposed to be represented ; and then , ( as Edmund fays in King Lear ) " come pat , like the catastrophe of ...
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... perfon , till we have heard him described even to the very clothes he wears . As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an au- thor may fometimes conduce to the better under- standing his book ; and though the works of Mr ...
... perfon , till we have heard him described even to the very clothes he wears . As for what relates to men of letters , the knowledge of an au- thor may fometimes conduce to the better under- standing his book ; and though the works of Mr ...
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