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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... observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had kill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artift therefore ...
... observed , however , to thofe who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had kill or opportunity to ascertain their faithfulness or infidelity . The confident artift therefore ...
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... observed , that if Droefhout's plate had been followed by the painter , the line in front of the ruff would have been incurvated , and not have appeared ftraight , as it is in the fmaller print by Marthall from the fame picture . In ...
... observed , that if Droefhout's plate had been followed by the painter , the line in front of the ruff would have been incurvated , and not have appeared ftraight , as it is in the fmaller print by Marthall from the fame picture . In ...
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... , on account of their con- nection with the fubject of Mr. Richardfon's Re- marks , are suffered to stand as in our last edition . i ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . THE reader may observe C4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 23.
... , on account of their con- nection with the fubject of Mr. Richardfon's Re- marks , are suffered to stand as in our last edition . i ADVERTISEMENT PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . THE reader may observe C4 MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 23.
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... observe that , contrary to former ufage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the prefent edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to authenticity , by means of injudicious ...
... observe that , contrary to former ufage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the prefent edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to authenticity , by means of injudicious ...
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... that account , the most eftimable criticks . The art of writing notes , as Dr. Johnson has pleasantly observed in his preface , 3 Tempest . is not of difficult attainment . Additional hun- dreds might ADVERTISEMENT . 41 TEMPEST.
... that account , the most eftimable criticks . The art of writing notes , as Dr. Johnson has pleasantly observed in his preface , 3 Tempest . is not of difficult attainment . Additional hun- dreds might ADVERTISEMENT . 41 TEMPEST.
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