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William Shakespeare James Boswell. 1 4 1 1 PRELIMINARY REMARKS . IN order to make a true estimate.
William Shakespeare James Boswell. 1 4 1 1 PRELIMINARY REMARKS . IN order to make a true estimate.
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IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his contemporaries . A poet who should now make the whole action of his tragedy ...
IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his contemporaries . A poet who should now make the whole action of his tragedy ...
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Upon this general infatuation Shakspeare might be easily allowed to found a play , especially since he has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment ...
Upon this general infatuation Shakspeare might be easily allowed to found a play , especially since he has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment ...
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The old reading is certainly the true one , being justified by a passage in Dido Queene of Carthage , by Thomas Nash , 1594 : " Then from the navel to the throat at once " He ript old Priam . " So likewise in an ancient MS . entitled ...
The old reading is certainly the true one , being justified by a passage in Dido Queene of Carthage , by Thomas Nash , 1594 : " Then from the navel to the throat at once " He ript old Priam . " So likewise in an ancient MS . entitled ...
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... which thing was most straunge and true , as the Kinges Majestie acknowledgeth , for when the rest of the shippes had a faire and good winde , then was the winde contrarie and altogether against his Majestie .
... which thing was most straunge and true , as the Kinges Majestie acknowledgeth , for when the rest of the shippes had a faire and good winde , then was the winde contrarie and altogether against his Majestie .
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