The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1A. Leathley, 1766 |
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Page xxiii
... hands . The ftories , which we now find only in remoter au- thours , were in his time acceffible and familiar . The fable of As you like it , which is fuppofed to be copied from Chaucer's Gamelyn , was a little pamphlet of thofe times ...
... hands . The ftories , which we now find only in remoter au- thours , were in his time acceffible and familiar . The fable of As you like it , which is fuppofed to be copied from Chaucer's Gamelyn , was a little pamphlet of thofe times ...
Page xxxvii
... hands of Sir Thomas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opinion , emi- nently qualified by nature for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first requifite to emendatory criticism , that intuition by which the poet's intention is ...
... hands of Sir Thomas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opinion , emi- nently qualified by nature for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first requifite to emendatory criticism , that intuition by which the poet's intention is ...
Page xlv
... editions which chance or kind- nefs put into my hands , I have given an enumeration , that I may not be blamed for neglecting what I had not the power to do . By ; By examining the old copies , I foon found PREFACE . xlv.
... editions which chance or kind- nefs put into my hands , I have given an enumeration , that I may not be blamed for neglecting what I had not the power to do . By ; By examining the old copies , I foon found PREFACE . xlv.
Page lvi
... hands , reach forth Milke , Creame , Fruits , or what they have : and many Nations ( we have heard ) that had not Gummes and Incenfe , obtained their requests with a leavened Cake ; It was no fault to approach their Gods , by what ...
... hands , reach forth Milke , Creame , Fruits , or what they have : and many Nations ( we have heard ) that had not Gummes and Incenfe , obtained their requests with a leavened Cake ; It was no fault to approach their Gods , by what ...
Page lviii
... hand went together : And what he thought he uttered with that eafineffe , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our Province , who onely gather his workes , and give them you , to praife him . It is ...
... hand went together : And what he thought he uttered with that eafineffe , that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers . But it is not our Province , who onely gather his workes , and give them you , to praife him . It is ...
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