The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, Volume 3 |
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... has closely copied some of the language : an additional argument , if we wanted it , of his track of reading . Three vessels are exhibited to a lady for her choice - The first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious ...
... has closely copied some of the language : an additional argument , if we wanted it , of his track of reading . Three vessels are exhibited to a lady for her choice - The first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious ...
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The young lady , after mature consideration of the vessels and their inscriptions , chuses the leaden , which being opened , and found to be full of gold and precious stones , the emperor says : " Bona puella , bene elegisti - ideo ...
The young lady , after mature consideration of the vessels and their inscriptions , chuses the leaden , which being opened , and found to be full of gold and precious stones , the emperor says : " Bona puella , bene elegisti - ideo ...
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... in all Venice : His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and , when you have them , they are not worth the search . Ant . Well ; tell me now , what lady is this ...
... in all Venice : His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and , when you have them , they are not worth the search . Ant . Well ; tell me now , what lady is this ...
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In Belmont is a lady richly left , And she is fair , and , fairer than that word , Of wond'rous virtues ; sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages : Her name is Portia ; nothing undervalued To Cato's daughter ...
In Belmont is a lady richly left , And she is fair , and , fairer than that word , Of wond'rous virtues ; sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages : Her name is Portia ; nothing undervalued To Cato's daughter ...
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Ay , that's a colt , indeed , for he doth nothing but talk of his horse ; and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts , that he can shoe him himself : I am much afraid , my lady his mother played false with a smith .
Ay , that's a colt , indeed , for he doth nothing but talk of his horse ; and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts , that he can shoe him himself : I am much afraid , my lady his mother played false with a smith .
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a ..., Volume 3 The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Illustrated by | Henry Fuseli |
| Publisher | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1805 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2011 |
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