The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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... prefixed to it a very pleasing biographical sketch of their author . Although his attention was still principally directed to Shakspeare , and he was gradually accumulating a most valuable mass of materials for a new edition of that ...
... prefixed to it a very pleasing biographical sketch of their author . Although his attention was still principally directed to Shakspeare , and he was gradually accumulating a most valuable mass of materials for a new edition of that ...
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... PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . THE reader may observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the present edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to ...
... PREFIXED TO EDITION 1793 . THE reader may observe that , contrary to former usage , no head of Shakspeare is prefixed to the present edition of his plays . The undisguised fact is this . The only portrait of him that even pretends to ...
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... prefixed to the present edi- tion , [ 1803 ] is a copy of the picture formerly belonging to Mr. Felton , now to Alderman Boydell , and at present at the Shakspeare Gallery , in Pall Mall . After what has been written on the subject it ...
... prefixed to the present edi- tion , [ 1803 ] is a copy of the picture formerly belonging to Mr. Felton , now to Alderman Boydell , and at present at the Shakspeare Gallery , in Pall Mall . After what has been written on the subject it ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
Copyright | |
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