The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... thought too much crouded already , and therefore con- fined himself to the copy left to his care by his deceased friend . But it is time to conclude . He will therefore detain the reader no longer than just to offer a few words in ...
... thought too much crouded already , and therefore con- fined himself to the copy left to his care by his deceased friend . But it is time to conclude . He will therefore detain the reader no longer than just to offer a few words in ...
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... thought he could improve . The rapid workman was in too much haste to give his outline with correctness ; and the mere drudge in his profession contented himself by placing a caput mortuum of his original before the publick . In short ...
... thought he could improve . The rapid workman was in too much haste to give his outline with correctness ; and the mere drudge in his profession contented himself by placing a caput mortuum of his original before the publick . In short ...
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... thought a stage garb did not stand so cha- racteristically before a volume of poems as before a collection of plays ; and yet it must be confessed , that this change might have been introduced for no other reason than more effectually ...
... thought a stage garb did not stand so cha- racteristically before a volume of poems as before a collection of plays ; and yet it must be confessed , that this change might have been introduced for no other reason than more effectually ...
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... thought in the verses annexed to the plate by Droeshout is hacknied and common , will most readily be al- lowed ; and this observation would have carried weight with it , had the lines in question been anonymous . But the subscription ...
... thought in the verses annexed to the plate by Droeshout is hacknied and common , will most readily be al- lowed ; and this observation would have carried weight with it , had the lines in question been anonymous . But the subscription ...
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... thought necessary that as much of his preface as was designed to introduce them , should accompany their second appearance . Any formal recommedation of them is needless , as their own merit is sure to rank their author among the most ...
... thought necessary that as much of his preface as was designed to introduce them , should accompany their second appearance . Any formal recommedation of them is needless , as their own merit is sure to rank their author among the most ...
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