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... of versification are hitherto unrivalled , ought not so often to be fufpcéted of
having produced ungrammatical nonsense , and such rough and defective
numbers as would disgrace a village school - boy in his first attempts at English
poetry .
... of versification are hitherto unrivalled , ought not so often to be fufpcéted of
having produced ungrammatical nonsense , and such rough and defective
numbers as would disgrace a village school - boy in his first attempts at English
poetry .
Page 4
... supplied him so abundartly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful
passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable
manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them .
... supplied him so abundartly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful
passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable
manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them .
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See such notices as I have been able to collect on this subject , in the List of old
English actors , post . MALONE . to have learned from certain authorily , which
was the first play he wrote ; ) The highest date of any . I can yet find , is Romeo
and ...
See such notices as I have been able to collect on this subject , in the List of old
English actors , post . MALONE . to have learned from certain authorily , which
was the first play he wrote ; ) The highest date of any . I can yet find , is Romeo
and ...
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See also the Epilogue to Everyman in his humor , by lord Buckhurft , quoted
below in the Account of our old English Theatres , ad finem . To his testimony and
that of Mr. Drummond of Hawthornden , ( there also mentioned , ) may be added
that ...
See also the Epilogue to Everyman in his humor , by lord Buckhurft , quoted
below in the Account of our old English Theatres , ad finem . To his testimony and
that of Mr. Drummond of Hawthornden , ( there also mentioned , ) may be added
that ...
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... point , the judges chosen by agreement out of this learned and ingenious
assembly , unanimously gave the preference to Shakspeare , and the Greek and
Roman poets were adjudged to vail at least their glory in that , to the English
Hero .
... point , the judges chosen by agreement out of this learned and ingenious
assembly , unanimously gave the preference to Shakspeare , and the Greek and
Roman poets were adjudged to vail at least their glory in that , to the English
Hero .
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Johnson (écrivain) |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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