The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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Page ii
... father passed unambitiously through life , in the useful occupa- tion of a baker , and had the satisfaction of wit- nessing the son's literary attainments with that enthusiasm which frequently prevails in a strong uncultivated mind ...
... father passed unambitiously through life , in the useful occupa- tion of a baker , and had the satisfaction of wit- nessing the son's literary attainments with that enthusiasm which frequently prevails in a strong uncultivated mind ...
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... father , a man of great re- spectability , was engaged in a business connected with the East India Company , by which he acquired an handsome fortune . Fortunately for his son , and for the publick , the clergyman of the place was Dr ...
... father , a man of great re- spectability , was engaged in a business connected with the East India Company , by which he acquired an handsome fortune . Fortunately for his son , and for the publick , the clergyman of the place was Dr ...
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... father of Sir William D'Ave- nant , and that the picture already spoken of was painted for him , we might be tempted to observe with our author , that the 66 bastard son " Was kinder to his father , than his daughters " Got ' twixt the ...
... father of Sir William D'Ave- nant , and that the picture already spoken of was painted for him , we might be tempted to observe with our author , that the 66 bastard son " Was kinder to his father , than his daughters " Got ' twixt the ...
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... father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not , they will as readily conclude that ...
... father of a Doctor of Divinity who never laughed ; " and - to waste no more words on Sir William D'Avenant , -let but our readers survey his heavy , vulgar , unmeaning face , and , if we mistake not , they will as readily conclude that ...
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... father of Cock the auctioneer had the honour to personate the great and amiable Thurloe , secretary of state to Oliver Cromwell . From the price of forty guineas paid for the sup- posed portrait of our author to Mrs. Barry , the real ...
... father of Cock the auctioneer had the honour to personate the great and amiable Thurloe , secretary of state to Oliver Cromwell . From the price of forty guineas paid for the sup- posed portrait of our author to Mrs. Barry , the real ...
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