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Page i
... and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but
a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , † and
convey no distinct resemblance of the poor remains of their avowed original .
... and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but
a regard for truth obliges us to confess that they are all unlike each other , † and
convey no distinct resemblance of the poor remains of their avowed original .
Page xii
Thank fortune ( says the original putterforth of Troilus and Cressida ) for the
scape it hath made amongst you ; fince by the grand poselfors ' wills , I believe ,
you should have pray'd for it rather than beene pray'd , " -Had quartos of Macbeth
...
Thank fortune ( says the original putterforth of Troilus and Cressida ) for the
scape it hath made amongst you ; fince by the grand poselfors ' wills , I believe ,
you should have pray'd for it rather than beene pray'd , " -Had quartos of Macbeth
...
Page xix
... the genealogies of all his real personages deduced ; and that as many of his
plays as are founded on Roman or British history , should be attended by
complete transcripts from their originals in Sir Thomas North's Plutarch , or the
Chronicles ...
... the genealogies of all his real personages deduced ; and that as many of his
plays as are founded on Roman or British history , should be attended by
complete transcripts from their originals in Sir Thomas North's Plutarch , or the
Chronicles ...
Page xxii
... might surely have befriended some of our author's copies in 1632 , only fixteen
years after his death . That oral information concerning his works was still
accessible , may with similar probability be in ferred ; as some of the original and
most ...
... might surely have befriended some of our author's copies in 1632 , only fixteen
years after his death . That oral information concerning his works was still
accessible , may with similar probability be in ferred ; as some of the original and
most ...
Page xxviii
To conclude , though we are far from asserting that this republication , generally
considered , is preferable to its original , we must still regard it as a valuable
supplement to that work ; and no stronger plea in its favour can be advanced ,
than ...
To conclude , though we are far from asserting that this republication , generally
considered , is preferable to its original , we must still regard it as a valuable
supplement to that work ; and no stronger plea in its favour can be advanced ,
than ...
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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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