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Page i
The reader may observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare
is prefixed to the present edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this .
Theonly portrait of him that even pretends to authenticity , by means of injudicious
...
The reader may observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare
is prefixed to the present edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this .
Theonly portrait of him that even pretends to authenticity , by means of injudicious
...
Page vi
They who wish for decorations adapted to this edition of Shak . speare , will find
them in Silvester Harding's Portraits and Views , & c . & c . ( appropriated to the
whole suite of our author's Historical Dramas , & c . ) published in thirty numbers ...
They who wish for decorations adapted to this edition of Shak . speare , will find
them in Silvester Harding's Portraits and Views , & c . & c . ( appropriated to the
whole suite of our author's Historical Dramas , & c . ) published in thirty numbers ...
Page xi
Could a perfect and decisive edition of the following scenes be produced , it were
to be expected only ( thouglı we fear in vain ) from the hand of Dr. Farmer , whose
more serious avocations forbid him to undertake what every reader would ...
Could a perfect and decisive edition of the following scenes be produced , it were
to be expected only ( thouglı we fear in vain ) from the hand of Dr. Farmer , whose
more serious avocations forbid him to undertake what every reader would ...
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... and Taylor , for instance , ) ; and it must be certain , that on the stage they never
uttered such mutilated lines and unintelligible nonsense as was afterwards
incorporated with their respective parts , in both the first quarto and folio editions .
... and Taylor , for instance , ) ; and it must be certain , that on the stage they never
uttered such mutilated lines and unintelligible nonsense as was afterwards
incorporated with their respective parts , in both the first quarto and folio editions .
Page xxix
396 , will absolve us from that censure ; for he als lows them to be of a date
previous to his own edition . King Henry VI . Part I. II . III . King Richard III . King
Henry VIII . Coriolanus Julius Cæfar Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens
Troilus and ...
396 , will absolve us from that censure ; for he als lows them to be of a date
previous to his own edition . King Henry VI . Part I. II . III . King Richard III . King
Henry VIII . Coriolanus Julius Cæfar Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens
Troilus and ...
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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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