The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... seems to have de- termined on the course of his future life , and devoted himself to literary pursuits , which he followed with unabated vigour , but without any lucrative views , as he never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest ...
... seems to have de- termined on the course of his future life , and devoted himself to literary pursuits , which he followed with unabated vigour , but without any lucrative views , as he never required , or ac- cepted , the slightest ...
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... than their beauty . He seems in- deed to have pleased so little in this country , that there are not above six or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . Price of the pair to subscribers 7s . 6d . 12 MR RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS .
... than their beauty . He seems in- deed to have pleased so little in this country , that there are not above six or seven heads of his workmanship to be found . Price of the pair to subscribers 7s . 6d . 12 MR RICHARDSON'S PROPOSALS .
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... seems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to secure his strawberries , at the expence of an allusion to the crack in poor Aubrey's head . Thus ...
... seems to have been perfectly unconscious of the jocularity of Sir Christopher , who would have meant nothing more by his remark , than to secure his strawberries , at the expence of an allusion to the crack in poor Aubrey's head . Thus ...
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... seems to have authorized an equal degree of licence respecting his own ? And yet , though the sword may have been drawn against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and envenomed ; " for the conductors of this under ...
... seems to have authorized an equal degree of licence respecting his own ? And yet , though the sword may have been drawn against him , he shall not complain that its point is " unbated and envenomed ; " for the conductors of this under ...
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... seems to be ques- tioned , because the authority on which even such changes in it as are allowed to be judicious , is unknown . But if weight were granted to this argument , what support could be found for an- cient Greek and Roman MSS ...
... seems to be ques- tioned , because the authority on which even such changes in it as are allowed to be judicious , is unknown . But if weight were granted to this argument , what support could be found for an- cient Greek and Roman MSS ...
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