The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... obscure paintings above stairs in apartments which he had seldom or ever occasion to visit . Mrs. Brinn , the widow of Mr. Sloman's predecessor , after her husband's decease quitted Eastcheap , took up the trade of a wire - worker , and ...
... obscure paintings above stairs in apartments which he had seldom or ever occasion to visit . Mrs. Brinn , the widow of Mr. Sloman's predecessor , after her husband's decease quitted Eastcheap , took up the trade of a wire - worker , and ...
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... obscure auction by Mr. Ritson of Gray's Inn , and might once have been companion to the por- trait of Shakspeare thus fortunately restored , after having been lost to the publick for a century and a half . They are , neverthe- less ...
... obscure auction by Mr. Ritson of Gray's Inn , and might once have been companion to the por- trait of Shakspeare thus fortunately restored , after having been lost to the publick for a century and a half . They are , neverthe- less ...
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... obscurity instead of light . To ren- der Shakspeare less intelligible by the recall of corrupt phrase- ology , is not , in our opinion , the surest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the bookseller ...
... obscurity instead of light . To ren- der Shakspeare less intelligible by the recall of corrupt phrase- ology , is not , in our opinion , the surest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the bookseller ...
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... obscure intimation with which her part should have concluded- 66 such a son , " And such a husband , make a woman bold.- into a plain avowal , that 66 such a son , 66 And such a husband , drive me to my fate . " Here we perceive that ...
... obscure intimation with which her part should have concluded- 66 such a son , " And such a husband , make a woman bold.- into a plain avowal , that 66 such a son , 66 And such a husband , drive me to my fate . " Here we perceive that ...
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... obscure hand , and was much cramped for room , as the margin of this book is always narrow . Such being the case , he might often have been com- pelled to deal in abbreviations , which were sometimes imper- fectly deciphered , and ...
... obscure hand , and was much cramped for room , as the margin of this book is always narrow . Such being the case , he might often have been com- pelled to deal in abbreviations , which were sometimes imper- fectly deciphered , and ...
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