The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... reader no longer than just to offer a few words in extenuation of any errors or omiffions that may discovered in his part of the work ; a work which , notwithstanding the utmost exertion of diligence , has never been produced without ...
... reader no longer than just to offer a few words in extenuation of any errors or omiffions that may discovered in his part of the work ; a work which , notwithstanding the utmost exertion of diligence , has never been produced without ...
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... reader's patience . It may be proper indeed to obferve , that the er- rors we have discovered in our last edition are here corrected ; and that fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been fup- plied . To ...
... reader's patience . It may be proper indeed to obferve , that the er- rors we have discovered in our last edition are here corrected ; and that fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been fup- plied . To ...
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... Reader , looke " Not on his picture , but his Booke . ” That the legitimate refemblance of fuch a man has been ... readers to contradict . When will evidence half fo conclufive be produced in favour of the Davenantico - Bettertonian ...
... Reader , looke " Not on his picture , but his Booke . ” That the legitimate refemblance of fuch a man has been ... readers to contradict . When will evidence half fo conclufive be produced in favour of the Davenantico - Bettertonian ...
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... reader will obferve from the initials in the mar- gin of the third of these wretched lines , that W. Shakspeare was here alluded to as the poet , and R. Burbage as the painter . Yet notwithstanding this compliment to the higher ...
... reader will obferve from the initials in the mar- gin of the third of these wretched lines , that W. Shakspeare was here alluded to as the poet , and R. Burbage as the painter . Yet notwithstanding this compliment to the higher ...
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... reader may then draw an obvious inference from thefe premises ; and conclude , that the portrait lately exhibited to the publick is not fuppofititious because it presents a lefs fpritely and confident affem- blage of features than had ...
... reader may then draw an obvious inference from thefe premises ; and conclude , that the portrait lately exhibited to the publick is not fuppofititious because it presents a lefs fpritely and confident affem- blage of features than had ...
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