The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators William Shakespeare. BIBL . PUBL . BASILEENSIS . ADVERTISEMENT . T H E reader may observe that ,
with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators William Shakespeare. BIBL . PUBL . BASILEENSIS . ADVERTISEMENT . T H E reader may observe that ,
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... observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the present édition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to authen- ticity , by means of injudicious ...
... observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the present édition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to authen- ticity , by means of injudicious ...
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... observe with our author , that the bastard fon " Was kinder to his father , than his daughters " Got ' twixt the natural sheets . But in fupport of either supposition fufficient evidence has not been produced . The former of these tales ...
... observe with our author , that the bastard fon " Was kinder to his father , than his daughters " Got ' twixt the natural sheets . But in fupport of either supposition fufficient evidence has not been produced . The former of these tales ...
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... observed ( fee p . 73. n . 3. ) that he " can not suppose Shakspeare to have been the father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy ...
... observed ( fee p . 73. n . 3. ) that he " can not suppose Shakspeare to have been the father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy ...
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... observed that , being dated in 1610. it could not have been the work of an artist who never faw England till 1618 . above a year after our author's death . So ready , however , are interested people in affist- ing credulous ones to ...
... observed that , being dated in 1610. it could not have been the work of an artist who never faw England till 1618 . above a year after our author's death . So ready , however , are interested people in affist- ing credulous ones to ...
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