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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... remark , left they be mistaken for Errata , that the word Catherine in the 47th page is written , according to the old Orthography for Catharine ; and that the paffage in the 50th page is copied from Upton , who improperly calls Horatio ...
... remark , left they be mistaken for Errata , that the word Catherine in the 47th page is written , according to the old Orthography for Catharine ; and that the paffage in the 50th page is copied from Upton , who improperly calls Horatio ...
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... remarks , ( and were it true , it would certainly be decifive ) that the plot is borrowed from a novel of Cervantes , not published till the year after Shakspeare's death . But unluckily the fame novel appears in a part of Don Quixote ...
... remarks , ( and were it true , it would certainly be decifive ) that the plot is borrowed from a novel of Cervantes , not published till the year after Shakspeare's death . But unluckily the fame novel appears in a part of Don Quixote ...
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... these poets fo ancient as Shakspeare's time . " The paffages on which these fagacious remarks are made , occur in A Midfummer - Night's Dream ; and exhibit , we fee , a clear proof of acquaintance with the Latin 34 - AN ESSAY ON THE.
... these poets fo ancient as Shakspeare's time . " The paffages on which these fagacious remarks are made , occur in A Midfummer - Night's Dream ; and exhibit , we fee , a clear proof of acquaintance with the Latin 34 - AN ESSAY ON THE.
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... remarks on The Tempeft , published under the quaint title of An Attempt to rescue that aunciente English Poet and Play - wrighte , Maifter Williaume Shakespeare , from the many Errours , faulfely charged upon him by certaine new ...
... remarks on The Tempeft , published under the quaint title of An Attempt to rescue that aunciente English Poet and Play - wrighte , Maifter Williaume Shakespeare , from the many Errours , faulfely charged upon him by certaine new ...
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... remarks , in another part of it , that a paffage in Romeo and Juliet , where Shakspeare speaks of the contradiction in the nature of love , is very much in the manner of his author : " Amor - mores hominum moros & morofos efficit ...
... remarks , in another part of it , that a paffage in Romeo and Juliet , where Shakspeare speaks of the contradiction in the nature of love , is very much in the manner of his author : " Amor - mores hominum moros & morofos efficit ...
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