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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Page lxvii
... presents his best compliments to Mr. Malone , and most sincerely thanks him for his very ele- gant present , which exhibits one of the most decisive pieces of criticism that was ever produced . " Mr. Burke having received a copy of this ...
... presents his best compliments to Mr. Malone , and most sincerely thanks him for his very ele- gant present , which exhibits one of the most decisive pieces of criticism that was ever produced . " Mr. Burke having received a copy of this ...
Page 90
... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no scruple to repeat the same jests in many dialogues , or to en ...
... present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no scruple to repeat the same jests in many dialogues , or to en ...
Page 193
... present edition to one who laments with the rest of the world the secession of his predecessor ; being conscious , as well of his own inferiority , as of the injury the publication will sustain by the change . As some alterations have ...
... present edition to one who laments with the rest of the world the secession of his predecessor ; being conscious , as well of his own inferiority , as of the injury the publication will sustain by the change . As some alterations have ...
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