The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... ancient literature , like any other man on the same occasion , he rather carries his acquirements above , than below the truth . " Jealousy ! " cries Mr. Upton ; " people will allow others any qualities , but those upon which they ...
... ancient literature , like any other man on the same occasion , he rather carries his acquirements above , than below the truth . " Jealousy ! " cries Mr. Upton ; " people will allow others any qualities , but those upon which they ...
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... ancients to allow much acquaintance between them and urged very justly on the part of genius in opposition to pedantry , that " if he had not read the classicks , he had likewise not stolen from them ; and if any topick was produced ...
... ancients to allow much acquaintance between them and urged very justly on the part of genius in opposition to pedantry , that " if he had not read the classicks , he had likewise not stolen from them ; and if any topick was produced ...
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... ancients might be actually proved by the same medium as Jonson's . Mr. Theobald is " very unwilling to allow him so poor a scholar , as many have laboured to represent him ; " and yet is " cautious of declaring too posi- tively on the ...
... ancients might be actually proved by the same medium as Jonson's . Mr. Theobald is " very unwilling to allow him so poor a scholar , as many have laboured to represent him ; " and yet is " cautious of declaring too posi- tively on the ...
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... ancients ; and have sometimes persuaded us of their own learning , whatever be- came of their author's . Plagiarisms have been discovered in every natural description and every moral sentiment . Indeed by the kind assistance of the ...
... ancients ; and have sometimes persuaded us of their own learning , whatever be- came of their author's . Plagiarisms have been discovered in every natural description and every moral sentiment . Indeed by the kind assistance of the ...
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... Ancient English Poetry , hath shown our author to have been sometimes contented with a legendary ballad . The story of the misanthrope is told in almost every collection of the time ; and particularly in two books , with which ...
... Ancient English Poetry , hath shown our author to have been sometimes contented with a legendary ballad . The story of the misanthrope is told in almost every collection of the time ; and particularly in two books , with which ...
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