The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page xxi
... printed off , are preserved among the Addenda , in the twenty - first volume . Those who are interested in dramatick history , and are fond of tracing our early litera- ture in its rudest form , will unite with me in expressing their ...
... printed off , are preserved among the Addenda , in the twenty - first volume . Those who are interested in dramatick history , and are fond of tracing our early litera- ture in its rudest form , will unite with me in expressing their ...
Page xxiii
... printed from the original copies , an addition to the work of which the gibes of Mr. Steevens will not , I am confident , diminish the value . In the last volume Titus Andronicus and Pericles are preserved ; but by being placed after ...
... printed from the original copies , an addition to the work of which the gibes of Mr. Steevens will not , I am confident , diminish the value . In the last volume Titus Andronicus and Pericles are preserved ; but by being placed after ...
Page xxiv
... printed by him in italicks , in order to intimate that the picture being painted on that material , is a proof of its not being genuine . I have the authority of the present accomplished President of the Royal Academy for saying The ...
... printed by him in italicks , in order to intimate that the picture being painted on that material , is a proof of its not being genuine . I have the authority of the present accomplished President of the Royal Academy for saying The ...
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... printed separately in quarto . What makes me think that most of these were not published by him , is the excessive carelessness of the press : every page is so scandalously false spelled , and almost all the learned and unusual words so ...
... printed separately in quarto . What makes me think that most of these were not published by him , is the excessive carelessness of the press : every page is so scandalously false spelled , and almost all the learned and unusual words so ...
Page 12
... printed till after his death . The whole number of genuine plays , which we have been able to find printed in his life - time , amounts but to eleven . And of some of these , we meet with two or more editions by dif- ferent printers ...
... printed till after his death . The whole number of genuine plays , which we have been able to find printed in his life - time , amounts but to eleven . And of some of these , we meet with two or more editions by dif- ferent printers ...
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