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... of them , when the most exa & mechanical process cannot decide on the
places in which they are omitted . - Vertue , in short , though a laborious , was a
very indifferent draughtsman , and his best copies too often exhibit a general
instead of ...
... of them , when the most exa & mechanical process cannot decide on the
places in which they are omitted . - Vertue , in short , though a laborious , was a
very indifferent draughtsman , and his best copies too often exhibit a general
instead of ...
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Aubrey . in short , was a dupe to every wag who chose to pra & ise on his credu .
lity ; and would most certainly have believed the person who should have told
him that Shakspeare himself was a natural son of Queen Elizabeth . Mr. T.
Warton ...
Aubrey . in short , was a dupe to every wag who chose to pra & ise on his credu .
lity ; and would most certainly have believed the person who should have told
him that Shakspeare himself was a natural son of Queen Elizabeth . Mr. T.
Warton ...
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It would also come attested as a strong likeness of our archæo1 1 * A kindred
trick had a & ually been passed off by Chaiterton on the late Mr. Barrett of Bristol ,
in whose back parlour was a pretended head of Canynge , most contemptibly ...
It would also come attested as a strong likeness of our archæo1 1 * A kindred
trick had a & ually been passed off by Chaiterton on the late Mr. Barrett of Bristol ,
in whose back parlour was a pretended head of Canynge , most contemptibly ...
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Justice nevertheless requires us to subjoin , that had an undoubted picture of our
author been attainable , the Booksellers would most readily have paid for the
best engraving from it that could have been produced by the most skilful of our ...
Justice nevertheless requires us to subjoin , that had an undoubted picture of our
author been attainable , the Booksellers would most readily have paid for the
best engraving from it that could have been produced by the most skilful of our ...
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furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the
bookseller , when the Jews spoke Hebrew to him , ) they happen to have most
faith in what they least understand . Respecting our author therefore , on some ...
furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the
bookseller , when the Jews spoke Hebrew to him , ) they happen to have most
faith in what they least understand . Respecting our author therefore , on some ...
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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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