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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... tion . 66 " " Shakspeare , however , hath frequent allufions to the facts and fables of antiquity . Granted : - and as Mat . Prior fays , to fave the effufion of more Christian ink , I will endeavour to fhow , how they came to his ...
... tion . 66 " " Shakspeare , however , hath frequent allufions to the facts and fables of antiquity . Granted : - and as Mat . Prior fays , to fave the effufion of more Christian ink , I will endeavour to fhow , how they came to his ...
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... tion is copied by Holinfhed , is very explicit in the demands of the Cardinal : who having infolently told the Lord Mayor and Aldermen , " For fothe I thinke , that halfe your fubftaunce were to litle , " affures them by way of comfort ...
... tion is copied by Holinfhed , is very explicit in the demands of the Cardinal : who having infolently told the Lord Mayor and Aldermen , " For fothe I thinke , that halfe your fubftaunce were to litle , " affures them by way of comfort ...
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... tion of Betterton , who was inquifitive into this point , and had very early opportunities of inquiry * It was observed in the former edition , that this place is not met with in Spelman's Villare , or in Adams's Index ; nor , it might ...
... tion of Betterton , who was inquifitive into this point , and had very early opportunities of inquiry * It was observed in the former edition , that this place is not met with in Spelman's Villare , or in Adams's Index ; nor , it might ...
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... tion , or a new Praife of the old Affe . And Nash again , in Have with you to Saffron Walden , or Gabriell Harvey's Hunt is up ; containing a full Anfwer to the eldest Sonne of the Halter- maker , 1596 . Dr. Lodge calls Nafh our true ...
... tion , or a new Praife of the old Affe . And Nash again , in Have with you to Saffron Walden , or Gabriell Harvey's Hunt is up ; containing a full Anfwer to the eldest Sonne of the Halter- maker , 1596 . Dr. Lodge calls Nafh our true ...
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... tion , very like Jack in that most poignant of all Satires , the Tale of a Tub , " I pray you be readie quicklie to cauill at my booke , I befeech you heartily calumniate my doings with speede , I re- queft you humbly controll my method ...
... tion , very like Jack in that most poignant of all Satires , the Tale of a Tub , " I pray you be readie quicklie to cauill at my booke , I befeech you heartily calumniate my doings with speede , I re- queft you humbly controll my method ...
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