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... and the like insignificant recoveries , which may not too degradingly be termed
- the haberdasheries of criticism ; that “ stand in number , though in reckoning
none ; " and are as unimportant to the Poet's , fame , 66 as is the morn - dew on
the ...
... and the like insignificant recoveries , which may not too degradingly be termed
- the haberdasheries of criticism ; that “ stand in number , though in reckoning
none ; " and are as unimportant to the Poet's , fame , 66 as is the morn - dew on
the ...
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Sufanna , who was our poet's eldest child , was baptized , May 26 , 1583.
Shakspeare therefore , having been born in April 1564 , was nineteen the month
preceding her birth . Mr. Theobald was mistaken in supposing that a monument
was ...
Sufanna , who was our poet's eldest child , was baptized , May 26 , 1583.
Shakspeare therefore , having been born in April 1564 , was nineteen the month
preceding her birth . Mr. Theobald was mistaken in supposing that a monument
was ...
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... had taken up ; and though it seemed at first to be a blemish upon his good
manners , and a misfortune to him , yet it afterwards happily proved the occasion
of exerting one of the greatest geniuses that ever was known in dramatick poetry .
... had taken up ; and though it seemed at first to be a blemish upon his good
manners , and a misfortune to him , yet it afterwards happily proved the occasion
of exerting one of the greatest geniuses that ever was known in dramatick poetry .
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Why here's our fellow Shakspeare put them ( the university poets ) all down , ay ,
and Ben Jonson too . O , that ... confirms this account , afferting in his Worthies ,
1662 , that 66 many were the wit - combats 99 between Jonson and our poet .
Why here's our fellow Shakspeare put them ( the university poets ) all down , ay ,
and Ben Jonson too . O , that ... confirms this account , afferting in his Worthies ,
1662 , that 66 many were the wit - combats 99 between Jonson and our poet .
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for what books had given the former ; and the judgment of a great man upon this
occasion was , approbation by telling his auditors , “ By G -- ' tis good , and if you
like't , you may ; ' , and by pouring out against those who preferred our poet to ...
for what books had given the former ; and the judgment of a great man upon this
occasion was , approbation by telling his auditors , “ By G -- ' tis good , and if you
like't , you may ; ' , and by pouring out against those who preferred our poet to ...
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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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