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... whether pictures conftituted any part of the Boar's Head furniture ; for Mr. Sloman himself could not affirm that there were no fmall or obfcure paintings above ftairs in apartments which he had feldom or ever occafion to visit .
... whether pictures conftituted any part of the Boar's Head furniture ; for Mr. Sloman himself could not affirm that there were no fmall or obfcure paintings above ftairs in apartments which he had feldom or ever occafion to visit .
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... exhibited such a likeness of Shakspeare as fatisfied the eye of his contemporary , Ben Jonson , who , on an occafion like this , would hardly have ventured to affert what it was in the power of many of his readers to contradict .
... exhibited such a likeness of Shakspeare as fatisfied the eye of his contemporary , Ben Jonson , who , on an occafion like this , would hardly have ventured to affert what it was in the power of many of his readers to contradict .
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Shakspeare's countenance deformed by Droeshout , resembles the fign of Sir Roger de Coverley , when it had been changed into a Saracen's head ; on which occafion the Spectator obferves , that the features of the gentle Knight were ftill ...
Shakspeare's countenance deformed by Droeshout , resembles the fign of Sir Roger de Coverley , when it had been changed into a Saracen's head ; on which occafion the Spectator obferves , that the features of the gentle Knight were ftill ...
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The reader who is acquainted with the writings of this abfurd goffip , will scarcely pay more attention to him on the prefent occafion , than when he gravely affures us that " Anno 1670 , not far from Cirencester was an apparition ...
The reader who is acquainted with the writings of this abfurd goffip , will scarcely pay more attention to him on the prefent occafion , than when he gravely affures us that " Anno 1670 , not far from Cirencester was an apparition ...
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like the ivory rake and golden fpade in Prudentius , are on this occafion difgraced by the objects of their culture . Had Shakspeare produced no other works than these , his name would have reached us with as little celebrity as time ...
like the ivory rake and golden fpade in Prudentius , are on this occafion difgraced by the objects of their culture . Had Shakspeare produced no other works than these , his name would have reached us with as little celebrity as time ...
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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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