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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... most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his meaning ( in many inftances apparently loft ) has been recovered , and much wild unfounded conjecture has been happily got rid of . By perfeverance in this plan , he ...
... most of the difficulties of the author have been overcome , his meaning ( in many inftances apparently loft ) has been recovered , and much wild unfounded conjecture has been happily got rid of . By perfeverance in this plan , he ...
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... most certainly did not fuppofe any Portrait of that defcription could have occurred , and much lefs that he himself fhould have been instrumental in producing it . He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his fuppofitions ...
... most certainly did not fuppofe any Portrait of that defcription could have occurred , and much lefs that he himself fhould have been instrumental in producing it . He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his fuppofitions ...
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... most abominable imitator of humanity . ' Mr. Fufeli has pronounced , that the Portrait defcribed in the Propofals of Mr. Richardfon , was the work of a Flemish hand . It may alfo be obferved , that the verfes in praife of Droefhout's ...
... most abominable imitator of humanity . ' Mr. Fufeli has pronounced , that the Portrait defcribed in the Propofals of Mr. Richardfon , was the work of a Flemish hand . It may alfo be obferved , that the verfes in praife of Droefhout's ...
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... most obliging and liberal manner , permitted Mr. Richard- fon to bring the head , frame and all , away with him ; and several unquestionable judges have con- curred in pronouncing that the plate of Droefhout conveys not only a general ...
... most obliging and liberal manner , permitted Mr. Richard- fon to bring the head , frame and all , away with him ; and several unquestionable judges have con- curred in pronouncing that the plate of Droefhout conveys not only a general ...
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... most of our ancient heads of authors being done , at ftated prices , for booksellers , who were careless about the veri- fimilitude of engravings which fashion not unfrequently obliged them to infert in the title - pages of works that ...
... most of our ancient heads of authors being done , at ftated prices , for booksellers , who were careless about the veri- fimilitude of engravings which fashion not unfrequently obliged them to infert in the title - pages of works that ...
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