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I should have been much more pleased , to have learned from certain authority ,
which was the first play he wrote ; ? it would be without doubt a pleasure to any
man , curious in things of this kind , to see and know what was the first effay of a ...
I should have been much more pleased , to have learned from certain authority ,
which was the first play he wrote ; ? it would be without doubt a pleasure to any
man , curious in things of this kind , to see and know what was the first effay of a ...
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the Fifth , by a compliment very handsomely turned to the earl of Essex , shows
the play to have been written when that lord was general for the queen in Ireland
; and his elogy upon queen Elizabeth , and her successor king James , in the ...
the Fifth , by a compliment very handsomely turned to the earl of Essex , shows
the play to have been written when that lord was general for the queen in Ireland
; and his elogy upon queen Elizabeth , and her successor king James , in the ...
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They only say in their preface to his plays , that o his mind and hand went
together , and what he thought , he uttered with that easinefs , that we have
scarce received from him a . blot in his papers . ' On this Mr. Pope observes , that
" there ...
They only say in their preface to his plays , that o his mind and hand went
together , and what he thought , he uttered with that easinefs , that we have
scarce received from him a . blot in his papers . ' On this Mr. Pope observes , that
" there ...
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From the play of Henry V. being more perfect in the folio cdition than in the quarto
, nothing follows but that the quarto impression of that piece was printed from a
mutilated and imperfect copy , stolen from the theatre or taken down by ear ...
From the play of Henry V. being more perfect in the folio cdition than in the quarto
, nothing follows but that the quarto impression of that piece was printed from a
mutilated and imperfect copy , stolen from the theatre or taken down by ear ...
Page 51
As to the character given of by W. Rowley ; the old play of King John in two parts ,
1591 , on which Shakspeare formed his King John ; and The Arraignment of
Paris , 1584 , written by George Peele . The editor of the folio 1664 , fubjoined to
the ...
As to the character given of by W. Rowley ; the old play of King John in two parts ,
1591 , on which Shakspeare formed his King John ; and The Arraignment of
Paris , 1584 , written by George Peele . The editor of the folio 1664 , fubjoined to
the ...
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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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