The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Twenty-one Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesJ. Nichols and son, 1813 |
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... least consequence , that required minute and extensive research , which had not the advan- tage of his liberal assistance , as the grateful pre- faces of a variety of writers have abundantly tes- tified . Among the earliest of these was ...
... least consequence , that required minute and extensive research , which had not the advan- tage of his liberal assistance , as the grateful pre- faces of a variety of writers have abundantly tes- tified . Among the earliest of these was ...
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... least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imi- tator of humanity . " Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the Portrait described in the Proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a Flemish hand . It It may also be ...
... least ) established his claim to the title of " a most abominable imi- tator of humanity . " Mr. Fuseli has pronounced , that the Portrait described in the Proposals of Mr. Richardson , was the work of a Flemish hand . It It may also be ...
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... least to look at the two earliest prints of Shakspeare ; and yet even Scheemaker is known to have had no other model for our author's head , than the mezzotinto by Zoust . 6 • A broker now in the Minories declares , that it is his usual ...
... least to look at the two earliest prints of Shakspeare ; and yet even Scheemaker is known to have had no other model for our author's head , than the mezzotinto by Zoust . 6 • A broker now in the Minories declares , that it is his usual ...
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... least idea of having possessed such a cu- riosity , no intelligence could be sent abroad with been any , he is sure she would not have failed to describe them in her accounts of her former business and place of abode , which supplied ...
... least idea of having possessed such a cu- riosity , no intelligence could be sent abroad with been any , he is sure she would not have failed to describe them in her accounts of her former business and place of abode , which supplied ...
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... least ) was not quite so evident as that of its predecessor . . On a The publick , for many years past , has been fa- miliarized to a Vandyckish head of Shakspeare , in- troduced by Simon's mezzotinto from a painting by Zoust . Hence ...
... least ) was not quite so evident as that of its predecessor . . On a The publick , for many years past , has been fa- miliarized to a Vandyckish head of Shakspeare , in- troduced by Simon's mezzotinto from a painting by Zoust . Hence ...
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