The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page vii
... in the arrangement of his numerous scarce Tracts . His collection of books , which were chiefly English , was perhaps one of the most extensive in that kind that any private individual ever possessed ; and he had ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
... in the arrangement of his numerous scarce Tracts . His collection of books , which were chiefly English , was perhaps one of the most extensive in that kind that any private individual ever possessed ; and he had ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
Page ix
... ( perhaps with the exception of his sister only , ) the best living exemplar of Shakspeare's text ; the Rev. H. J. Todd , the illustrator of Milton and Spenser , to whom he left a legacy for his trouble in superintending the sale of his ...
... ( perhaps with the exception of his sister only , ) the best living exemplar of Shakspeare's text ; the Rev. H. J. Todd , the illustrator of Milton and Spenser , to whom he left a legacy for his trouble in superintending the sale of his ...
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... perhaps , ought not to be placed in this remark , as a succession of limners now unknown might have pursued their art in England from the time of Hans Holbein to that of Queen Elizabeth . Yet , by those who allow to possibilities the ...
... perhaps , ought not to be placed in this remark , as a succession of limners now unknown might have pursued their art in England from the time of Hans Holbein to that of Queen Elizabeth . Yet , by those who allow to possibilities the ...
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... perhaps , because he thought a stage garb did not stand so characteristically before a volume of Poems as before a collection of Plays ; and yet it must be confessed , that this change might have been MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 15.
... perhaps , because he thought a stage garb did not stand so characteristically before a volume of Poems as before a collection of Plays ; and yet it must be confessed , that this change might have been MR . RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS . 15.
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... Perhaps , Vertue ( who is described by • This mistake originated from a passage in Lord Orford's Anecdotes , & c . 8vo . Vol . V. p . 258 , where it is said , and truly , that Vertue's Set of Poets appeared in 1730. The particular plate ...
... Perhaps , Vertue ( who is described by • This mistake originated from a passage in Lord Orford's Anecdotes , & c . 8vo . Vol . V. p . 258 , where it is said , and truly , that Vertue's Set of Poets appeared in 1730. The particular plate ...
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