The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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... sometimes will- ing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spi- rit . " Nor , to confess the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecessors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of comparison , might ...
... sometimes will- ing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spi- rit . " Nor , to confess the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecessors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of comparison , might ...
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... sometimes followed the suggestions of a Warbur- ton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in pre- ference to the decisions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by associates ...
... sometimes followed the suggestions of a Warbur- ton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in pre- ference to the decisions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by associates ...
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... sometimes not without sufficient reason . Yet , in our opinion , they have suffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redun- dant , some words , alike unnecessary to sense ...
... sometimes not without sufficient reason . Yet , in our opinion , they have suffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redun- dant , some words , alike unnecessary to sense ...
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... sometimes imperfectly deciphered , and sometimes wholly misunderstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artil- lery at a personage whom we cannot help regard- ing as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the se- cond folio ; for ...
... sometimes imperfectly deciphered , and sometimes wholly misunderstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artil- lery at a personage whom we cannot help regard- ing as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the se- cond folio ; for ...
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... sometimes been in danger from the chances of their superintendance . He whose business it is to offer this unusual apology , very well remembers to have been sitting with Dr. John- son , when an agent from a neighbouring press brought ...
... sometimes been in danger from the chances of their superintendance . He whose business it is to offer this unusual apology , very well remembers to have been sitting with Dr. John- son , when an agent from a neighbouring press brought ...
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