The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and noiseless ...
... produced without some im- perfection . Circumstanced as he has been , he is sensible how inadequate his powers were to the task imposed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and noiseless ...
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... produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artist therefore assumed the liberty of altering where he thought he could improve . The rapid workman was in too much ...
... produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artist therefore assumed the liberty of altering where he thought he could improve . The rapid workman was in too much ...
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... produced in favour of the Davenantico - Bettertonian - Barryan - Keckian - Nicolsian - Chandosan canvas , which bears not the slightest resemblance to the origi- nal of Droeshout's and Marshall's engraving ? + — are all good , As long ...
... produced in favour of the Davenantico - Bettertonian - Barryan - Keckian - Nicolsian - Chandosan canvas , which bears not the slightest resemblance to the origi- nal of Droeshout's and Marshall's engraving ? + — are all good , As long ...
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... produce such a delicate and finished portrait , could most cer- tainly have made an exact copy from a very coarse print , pro- vided he had not disdained so servile an occupation . On the con- trary , a rude engraver like Droeshout ...
... produce such a delicate and finished portrait , could most cer- tainly have made an exact copy from a very coarse print , pro- vided he had not disdained so servile an occupation . On the con- trary , a rude engraver like Droeshout ...
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... produced , affords no evidence that any one of our early limners had condescended to borrow the general outline and disposition of his portraits from the taste- less heads prefixed to volumes issued out by booksellers . The artist ...
... produced , affords no evidence that any one of our early limners had condescended to borrow the general outline and disposition of his portraits from the taste- less heads prefixed to volumes issued out by booksellers . The artist ...
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