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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... observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had fkill or opportunity to afcertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artift ...
... observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had fkill or opportunity to afcertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artift ...
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... observed , that if Droefhout's plate had been followed by the painter , the line in front of the ruff would have been incurvated , and not have appeared ftraight , as it is in the smaller print by Marshall from the fame picture . In ...
... observed , that if Droefhout's plate had been followed by the painter , the line in front of the ruff would have been incurvated , and not have appeared ftraight , as it is in the smaller print by Marshall from the fame picture . In ...
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... observed , that our author's earlieft compo- fitions , his Sonnets , & c . are wholly free from me- trical imperfections . The truth is , that from one extreme we have reached another . Our incautious predeceffors , Rowe , Pope , Hanmer ...
... observed , that our author's earlieft compo- fitions , his Sonnets , & c . are wholly free from me- trical imperfections . The truth is , that from one extreme we have reached another . Our incautious predeceffors , Rowe , Pope , Hanmer ...
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... nor hath not done of long time . " From these extracts it may be collected , ( as is observed by the gentleman above mentioned , to whofe obliging attention to my you ment . in all , that though he was 58 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
... nor hath not done of long time . " From these extracts it may be collected , ( as is observed by the gentleman above mentioned , to whofe obliging attention to my you ment . in all , that though he was 58 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE , & c .
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... observed that , ftrictly fpeaking , this is no jocu- lar epitaph , but a malevolent prediction ; and Braithwaite's copy is furely more to be depended on ( being procured in or before the year 1618 ) than that delivered to Betterton or ...
... observed that , ftrictly fpeaking , this is no jocu- lar epitaph , but a malevolent prediction ; and Braithwaite's copy is furely more to be depended on ( being procured in or before the year 1618 ) than that delivered to Betterton or ...
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