The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 1-2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Rowe's Life of Shakspeare , & c . - Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys , & c . Baptisms , Marriages , & c . Shakspeare's Coat of Arms 57 - 120 . · 132 - 146 Shakspeare's Will Shakspeare's Mortgage Dedication by Hemings and Condell - 149 ...
... Rowe's Life of Shakspeare , & c . - Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys , & c . Baptisms , Marriages , & c . Shakspeare's Coat of Arms 57 - 120 . · 132 - 146 Shakspeare's Will Shakspeare's Mortgage Dedication by Hemings and Condell - 149 ...
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... Rowe , Pope , Warburton , Johnson , Farmer , and Steevens , with others of inferior name , the rank of Shak- speare in the poetical world is not a point at this time subject to controversy . His pre - eminence is admitted ; his ...
... Rowe , Pope , Warburton , Johnson , Farmer , and Steevens , with others of inferior name , the rank of Shak- speare in the poetical world is not a point at this time subject to controversy . His pre - eminence is admitted ; his ...
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... Rowe's edit . Vertue , half sheet , Set of Poets Do. small oval , Jacob's Lives Do. to Warburton's 8vo • • 1709 . • 1719 . 1719 . 1747 . Duchange , 8vo . to Theobald's 1733 . Gravelot , half sheet , Hanmer's edit . 1744 . Houbraken ...
... Rowe's edit . Vertue , half sheet , Set of Poets Do. small oval , Jacob's Lives Do. to Warburton's 8vo • • 1709 . • 1719 . 1719 . 1747 . Duchange , 8vo . to Theobald's 1733 . Gravelot , half sheet , Hanmer's edit . 1744 . Houbraken ...
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... Rowe , Pope , Hanmer , and Warburton , were some- times justly blamed for wanton and needless de- viations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that censure will as equitably fall on some of us , for a revival of irregularities which ...
... Rowe , Pope , Hanmer , and Warburton , were some- times justly blamed for wanton and needless de- viations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that censure will as equitably fall on some of us , for a revival of irregularities which ...
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... ROWE . It seems to be a kind of respect due to the me mory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to de- liver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to posterity . For this ...
... ROWE . It seems to be a kind of respect due to the me mory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to de- liver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to posterity . For this ...
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