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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... never required , or aq- cepted , the flighteft pecuniary recompence for his labours . His first refidence was in the Temple , afterwards at Hampton , and laftly at Hampstead , where he continued near thirty years . In this retreat his ...
... never required , or aq- cepted , the flighteft pecuniary recompence for his labours . His first refidence was in the Temple , afterwards at Hampton , and laftly at Hampstead , where he continued near thirty years . In this retreat his ...
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... never been produced without fome imperfection . Circumftanced as he has been , he is fenfible how in- adequate his powers were to the task impofed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and ...
... never been produced without fome imperfection . Circumftanced as he has been , he is fenfible how in- adequate his powers were to the task impofed on him , and hopes for the indulgence of the reader . He feels that " the inaudible and ...
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... never fo much as hinted at any other pictures in the house ; and had there been any , he is fure the would not have failed to defcribe them hence the following probabilities may be suggested : -first , MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 9.
... never fo much as hinted at any other pictures in the house ; and had there been any , he is fure the would not have failed to defcribe them hence the following probabilities may be suggested : -first , MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 9.
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... never laughed ; " and - to wafte no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers furvey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we miftake not , they will as readily conclude that Shakspeare never holp to make it ...
... never laughed ; " and - to wafte no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers furvey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we miftake not , they will as readily conclude that Shakspeare never holp to make it ...
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... never faw England till 1618 , above a year after our au- thor's death . So ready , however , are interefied people in affift- ing credulous ones to impofe on themfeives , that we will venture to predict , -if fome opulent dupe to the ...
... never faw England till 1618 , above a year after our au- thor's death . So ready , however , are interefied people in affift- ing credulous ones to impofe on themfeives , that we will venture to predict , -if fome opulent dupe to the ...
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