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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... firft , that if Shakspeare's portrait was ever at the Boar's Head , it had been alienated before the fire of London in 1666 , when the original house was burnt ; and , fecondly , that the path through which the fame picture has ...
... firft , that if Shakspeare's portrait was ever at the Boar's Head , it had been alienated before the fire of London in 1666 , when the original house was burnt ; and , fecondly , that the path through which the fame picture has ...
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... firft fhown in Caftle Street , the few remaining advocates for the Chandofan canvas obferved , that its unwelcome ri- val exhibited not a fingle trait of Shakspeare . But , all on a fudden , these criticks have fhifted their ground ...
... firft fhown in Caftle Street , the few remaining advocates for the Chandofan canvas obferved , that its unwelcome ri- val exhibited not a fingle trait of Shakspeare . But , all on a fudden , these criticks have fhifted their ground ...
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... firft engraving had been made , and was therefore easily perfuaded to expend his art on ano- ther portrait , the fpurioufhefs of which ( to himfelf at least ) was not quite so evident as that of its pre- deceffor . The publiek , for ...
... firft engraving had been made , and was therefore easily perfuaded to expend his art on ano- ther portrait , the fpurioufhefs of which ( to himfelf at least ) was not quite so evident as that of its pre- deceffor . The publiek , for ...
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... firft folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have ...
... firft folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have ...
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... firft fcene of Romeo and Juliet : " While we were interchanging thrufts and blows , " Came more and more , and fought on part and part : till , as Hamlet has obferved , we are contending for a plot " Whereon the numbers cannot try the ...
... firft fcene of Romeo and Juliet : " While we were interchanging thrufts and blows , " Came more and more , and fought on part and part : till , as Hamlet has obferved , we are contending for a plot " Whereon the numbers cannot try the ...
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