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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... suppose that the mutilated state of it pre- vented either of their Lordships from becoming its purchaser . How far the report on which Mr. Wilson's nar- ratives ( respecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were built ...
... suppose that the mutilated state of it pre- vented either of their Lordships from becoming its purchaser . How far the report on which Mr. Wilson's nar- ratives ( respecting the place where this picture was met with , & c . ) were built ...
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... suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , and the place where it was found , ( not- withstanding both these particulars might be true , ) were at hazard appended to the portrait under con- sideration , as soon as ...
... suppose , that the legend relative to the name of its painter , and the place where it was found , ( not- withstanding both these particulars might be true , ) were at hazard appended to the portrait under con- sideration , as soon as ...
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... suppose , that a resemblance of our excel- lent dramatick poet might have been found in the house of a nobleman who is reported to have loved him well enough to have presented him with a thousand pounds . To conclude the names which ...
... suppose , that a resemblance of our excel- lent dramatick poet might have been found in the house of a nobleman who is reported to have loved him well enough to have presented him with a thousand pounds . To conclude the names which ...
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... suppose it must have belonged to his family , who ( as Mark Antony says of a hair of Cæsar ) would have mention'd it within their wills , " Bequeathing it as a rich legacy " Unto their issue ; " and were there ground for the report that ...
... suppose it must have belonged to his family , who ( as Mark Antony says of a hair of Cæsar ) would have mention'd it within their wills , " Bequeathing it as a rich legacy " Unto their issue ; " and were there ground for the report that ...
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... suppose Shakspeare to have been the 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 ...
... suppose Shakspeare to have been the 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 ...
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