The Dramatic Works, Volume 1at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1829 |
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William Shakespeare. This expurgatory task has been more than once undertaken , but has never hitherto , it is believed , been executed entirely to the satisfaction of the admirers of our great Poet : and the work has even now devolved ...
William Shakespeare. This expurgatory task has been more than once undertaken , but has never hitherto , it is believed , been executed entirely to the satisfaction of the admirers of our great Poet : and the work has even now devolved ...
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... the necessity of observing , that I ought not to be suspected of being impotently silent in regard to ob- jections which I had never read till it was too late for any replication on my side to be EDITOR'S PREFACE . ix.
... the necessity of observing , that I ought not to be suspected of being impotently silent in regard to ob- jections which I had never read till it was too late for any replication on my side to be EDITOR'S PREFACE . ix.
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... al present to him of his valuable collection of old plays ; he afterwards called himself a dowager editor , ' and said he would never more trouble himself about Shakspeare . This is gathered from EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... al present to him of his valuable collection of old plays ; he afterwards called himself a dowager editor , ' and said he would never more trouble himself about Shakspeare . This is gathered from EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
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... never yet possessed the means of obviating objections before they could be effectually made , ' & c . Here th is the secret déveloped of the subsequent , unceasing , and unrelenting oppo- sition with which Steevens opposed Malone's ...
... never yet possessed the means of obviating objections before they could be effectually made , ' & c . Here th is the secret déveloped of the subsequent , unceasing , and unrelenting oppo- sition with which Steevens opposed Malone's ...
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... NEVER INHABITED by any Christian or Heathen people , but ever es- teemed and reputed a most prodigious and INCHANTED PLACE , affording nothing but gusts , storms , and foul weather ; which made every navigator and mariner to avoid them ...
... NEVER INHABITED by any Christian or Heathen people , but ever es- teemed and reputed a most prodigious and INCHANTED PLACE , affording nothing but gusts , storms , and foul weather ; which made every navigator and mariner to avoid them ...
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The Dramatic Works: From The Test Of Johnson, Stevens, And Reed ..., Volume 1 William Shakespeare No preview available - 2019 |
The Dramatic Works: From The Test Of Johnson, Stevens, And Reed ..., Volume 1 William Shakespeare No preview available - 2019 |
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