The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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... fome tradition , however erroneous , upon which Mr. Pope's account was founded . I make no doubt that Rowley wrote the first King John ; and when Shakspeare's play was called for , and could not be procured from the players , a ...
... fome tradition , however erroneous , upon which Mr. Pope's account was founded . I make no doubt that Rowley wrote the first King John ; and when Shakspeare's play was called for , and could not be procured from the players , a ...
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... fome tranfactions of his reign to the time of his demife , being an interval of about seventeen years . THEOBALD . Hall , Holinfhed , Stowe , & c . are closely followed not only in the conduct , but fometimes in the very expreffions ...
... fome tranfactions of his reign to the time of his demife , being an interval of about seventeen years . THEOBALD . Hall , Holinfhed , Stowe , & c . are closely followed not only in the conduct , but fometimes in the very expreffions ...
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... fome reason to believe that thunder was not thought to be inno- cent in our author's time , as we elsewhere learn from himself . See King Lear , Act III . fc . ii . Antony and Cleopatra , A & II , sc . v . Julius Cæfar , Act I. fc . iii ...
... fome reason to believe that thunder was not thought to be inno- cent in our author's time , as we elsewhere learn from himself . See King Lear , Act III . fc . ii . Antony and Cleopatra , A & II , sc . v . Julius Cæfar , Act I. fc . iii ...
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... fome tokens of my fon In the large composition of this man ? K. JOHN . Mine eye hath well examined his parts , And finds them perfect Richard . - Sirrah , fpeak , What doth move you to claim your brother's land ? BAST . Because he hath ...
... fome tokens of my fon In the large composition of this man ? K. JOHN . Mine eye hath well examined his parts , And finds them perfect Richard . - Sirrah , fpeak , What doth move you to claim your brother's land ? BAST . Because he hath ...
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... fome measure depends ; viz . that they were made of filver , and confequently extremely thin . From their thinness they were very liable to be cracked . Hence Ben Jonfon , in his Every Man in his Humour , fays , " He values me at a ...
... fome measure depends ; viz . that they were made of filver , and confequently extremely thin . From their thinness they were very liable to be cracked . Hence Ben Jonfon , in his Every Man in his Humour , fays , " He values me at a ...
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