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In the foregoing inftance our letter - writer feems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to fecure his ftrawberries , at the expence of an ...
In the foregoing inftance our letter - writer feems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to fecure his ftrawberries , at the expence of an ...
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May it be fubjoined , that the freedom with which the fame gentleman has treated the notes of others , feems to have authorized an equal degree of licence refpecting his own ? And yet , though the fword may have been drawn against him ...
May it be fubjoined , that the freedom with which the fame gentleman has treated the notes of others , feems to have authorized an equal degree of licence refpecting his own ? And yet , though the fword may have been drawn against him ...
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IT feems to be a kind of refpect due to the memory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to pofterity .
IT feems to be a kind of refpect due to the memory of excellent men , especially of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some account of themselves , as well as their works , to pofterity .
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Upon his leaving fchool , he feems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father propofed to him ; and in order to fettle in the world after a family manner , he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young ...
Upon his leaving fchool , he feems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father propofed to him ; and in order to fettle in the world after a family manner , he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young ...
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If , however , the following epitaphs be genuine , ( and indeed the latter is much in Shakspeare's manner , ) he in two inftances overcame that modeft diffidence , which feems to have fuppofed the elogium of ...
If , however , the following epitaphs be genuine , ( and indeed the latter is much in Shakspeare's manner , ) he in two inftances overcame that modeft diffidence , which feems to have fuppofed the elogium of ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare Volume 1 of The plays of William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare Volume 1 of The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, William Shakespeare |
| Authors | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributors | George Steevens, Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1803 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Apr 2009 |
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