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It is our opinion , in short , that every one who opens the page of an ancient
Englith writer , should bring with him some knowledge ; and yet he by whom a
thousand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's volume
in ...
It is our opinion , in short , that every one who opens the page of an ancient
Englith writer , should bring with him some knowledge ; and yet he by whom a
thousand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's volume
in ...
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... which , repeating to one of his acquaintance , he preserved it in writing ; and
here it is neither better nor worse , but faithfully transcribed from the copy which
his relation very courteously communicated to me , " the prosecution against him
to ...
... which , repeating to one of his acquaintance , he preserved it in writing ; and
here it is neither better nor worse , but faithfully transcribed from the copy which
his relation very courteously communicated to me , " the prosecution against him
to ...
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Whatever the particular times ofhis writing were , the people of his age , who
began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly
pleased to see a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein ,
and ...
Whatever the particular times ofhis writing were , the people of his age , who
began to grow wonderfully fond of diversions of this kind , could not but be highly
pleased to see a genius arise amongst them of so pleasurable , so rich a vein ,
and ...
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... always been with some reserve ; insinuating his uncorrectness , a carelefs
manner of writing , and want of judgment . ... then notorious , though the writer
denies the truth of the charge : « To my well accomplish'd friend ' , Mr. Ben
Jonson . 5.
... always been with some reserve ; insinuating his uncorrectness , a carelefs
manner of writing , and want of judgment . ... then notorious , though the writer
denies the truth of the charge : « To my well accomplish'd friend ' , Mr. Ben
Jonson . 5.
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The writer does not deny the charge , but vindicates his friend by faying that ,
however slow , is He that writes well , writes quick . Verses on B. Jonson , by
Jasper Mayne . So also another of his Panegyrifts : « Admit his muse was low , '
tis ...
The writer does not deny the charge , but vindicates his friend by faying that ,
however slow , is He that writes well , writes quick . Verses on B. Jonson , by
Jasper Mayne . So also another of his Panegyrifts : « Admit his muse was low , '
tis ...
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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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