The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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... line of business was necessarily precluded ; but he had the satisfaction of numbering among his clients many highly valued friends ; and other avenues to fame , if not to fortune , were open to his capacious mind . His intimate ...
... line of business was necessarily precluded ; but he had the satisfaction of numbering among his clients many highly valued friends ; and other avenues to fame , if not to fortune , were open to his capacious mind . His intimate ...
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... lines of Johnson , of one almost his equal , - " At length , our mighty bard's victorious lays " Fill the loud voice of universal praise ; " And baffled spite , with hopeless anguish dumb , " Yields to renown the centuries to come . " a ...
... lines of Johnson , of one almost his equal , - " At length , our mighty bard's victorious lays " Fill the loud voice of universal praise ; " And baffled spite , with hopeless anguish dumb , " Yields to renown the centuries to come . " a ...
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... line in the fore part of the ruff , though in the original it is mathema- tically straight . See note 9 , p . 6 . It may be observed , however , to those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were ...
... line in the fore part of the ruff , though in the original it is mathema- tically straight . See note 9 , p . 6 . It may be observed , however , to those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were ...
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... lines has borne the most ample testimony to the verisimilitude of a portrait which will now be recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , to the publick notice : • The tradition that Burbage painted a likeness of ...
... lines has borne the most ample testimony to the verisimilitude of a portrait which will now be recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , to the publick notice : • The tradition that Burbage painted a likeness of ...
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... lines , that W. Shakspeare was here alluded to as the poet , and R. Burbage as the painter . Yet notwithstanding this compliment to the higher excellencies of our author , it is almost cer- tain that his resemblance owes its present ...
... lines , that W. Shakspeare was here alluded to as the poet , and R. Burbage as the painter . Yet notwithstanding this compliment to the higher excellencies of our author , it is almost cer- tain that his resemblance owes its present ...
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