The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... firft held horfes at the door of the playhouse . The late ingenious and modeft Mr. DodЛley de- clared himself " Untutor'd in the lore of Greece or Rome . " yet let us take a paffage at a venture from any of his performances , and a ...
... firft held horfes at the door of the playhouse . The late ingenious and modeft Mr. DodЛley de- clared himself " Untutor'd in the lore of Greece or Rome . " yet let us take a paffage at a venture from any of his performances , and a ...
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... firft and moft vehement affertors of the learning of Shakspeare , was the editor of his poems , the well - known Mr. Gildon ; and his fteps Hence perhaps the ill - ftarr'd rage between this critick and his elder brother , John Dennis ...
... firft and moft vehement affertors of the learning of Shakspeare , was the editor of his poems , the well - known Mr. Gildon ; and his fteps Hence perhaps the ill - ftarr'd rage between this critick and his elder brother , John Dennis ...
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... firft made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given he tells us in his Preface , " he was not fo fortunate as to be fur- nished with either of the folio editions ...
... firft made by Sir Thomas Hanmer , and Mr. Johnson hath received it . Most indisputably it is the sense of Plutarch , and given he tells us in his Preface , " he was not fo fortunate as to be fur- nished with either of the folio editions ...
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... firft into this world . " The length of this quotation will be excused for its curiofity ; and it happily wants not the affistance of a comment . But matters may not always be fo eafily managed : -a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been ...
... firft into this world . " The length of this quotation will be excused for its curiofity ; and it happily wants not the affistance of a comment . But matters may not always be fo eafily managed : -a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been ...
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... of Legenda aurea , 4to . 1508. It was firft printed by Caxton , 1483 , " in helpe of fuch clerkes who exeuse theym for defaute of bokes , and also by fymplenes of connynge . " torn to yce . " One of their legends , 42 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... of Legenda aurea , 4to . 1508. It was firft printed by Caxton , 1483 , " in helpe of fuch clerkes who exeuse theym for defaute of bokes , and also by fymplenes of connynge . " torn to yce . " One of their legends , 42 AN ESSAY ON THE.
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