The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... Pope and Johnson , we shall frequently meet with mistakes which would be obvious to persons of the slightest acquirements in the present day . It will certainly not be maintained that the great mass of mankind are endowed with more ...
... Pope and Johnson , we shall frequently meet with mistakes which would be obvious to persons of the slightest acquirements in the present day . It will certainly not be maintained that the great mass of mankind are endowed with more ...
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... to bring it within the strict regularity which has been enjoined by the school of Pope . In proposing these corrections , as Mr. Steevens endeavours to represent them , and in pointing out the fancied X ADVERTISEMENT .
... to bring it within the strict regularity which has been enjoined by the school of Pope . In proposing these corrections , as Mr. Steevens endeavours to represent them , and in pointing out the fancied X ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Pope or Hanmer , although he considered those criticks as hav- ing in general unwarrantably sophisticated the poet's text . Mr. Steevens , on the contrary , not only has upheld throughout the superiority of the second folio , but has ...
... Pope or Hanmer , although he considered those criticks as hav- ing in general unwarrantably sophisticated the poet's text . Mr. Steevens , on the contrary , not only has upheld throughout the superiority of the second folio , but has ...
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... Pope , Theobald , & c . first , second , or third modern . Sir Thomas Hanmer is , indeed , sometimes described as " he of Oxford : " and Johnson is thus corrected : " cunning is wrong interpreted by he who brings up the rear of them ...
... Pope , Theobald , & c . first , second , or third modern . Sir Thomas Hanmer is , indeed , sometimes described as " he of Oxford : " and Johnson is thus corrected : " cunning is wrong interpreted by he who brings up the rear of them ...
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William Shakespeare. GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS . VOL . I. Page Mr. Pope's Preface Mr. Theobald's Preface Sir Thomas Hanmer's Preface 3 18 42 Dr. Warburton's Preface 46 ... Dr. Johnson's Preface 60 Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , 1766 ...
William Shakespeare. GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS . VOL . I. Page Mr. Pope's Preface Mr. Theobald's Preface Sir Thomas Hanmer's Preface 3 18 42 Dr. Warburton's Preface 46 ... Dr. Johnson's Preface 60 Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , 1766 ...
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