The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... verses in praise of Droeshout's performance , were probably written as soon as they were be- spoke , and before their author had found opportunity or incli- nation to compare the plate with its original . He might previ- ously have ...
... verses in praise of Droeshout's performance , were probably written as soon as they were be- spoke , and before their author had found opportunity or incli- nation to compare the plate with its original . He might previ- ously have ...
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... It is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
... It is not improbable that Ben Jonson furnished the Dedica- tion and Introduction to the first folio , as well as the Commen datory Verses prefixed to it . recommended , by a more accurate and finished engraving , 10 PREFACE TO.
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... verses annexed to the plate by Droeshout is hacknied and common , will most readily be al- lowed ; and this observation would have carried weight with it , had the lines in question been anonymous . But the subscription of Ben Jonson's ...
... verses annexed to the plate by Droeshout is hacknied and common , will most readily be al- lowed ; and this observation would have carried weight with it , had the lines in question been anonymous . But the subscription of Ben Jonson's ...
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... verses , not worth pre- serving . Malone . in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . ] Mr. William Oldys , ( Norroy King at Arms , and well known from the share he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) ...
... verses , not worth pre- serving . Malone . in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . ] Mr. William Oldys , ( Norroy King at Arms , and well known from the share he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) ...
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... verses on our author sparing and invidious . - See also Mr. Steevens's note on those verses . Before Shakspeare's death Ben's envious disposition is menti- oned by one of his own friends ; it must therefore have been even then notorious ...
... verses on our author sparing and invidious . - See also Mr. Steevens's note on those verses . Before Shakspeare's death Ben's envious disposition is menti- oned by one of his own friends ; it must therefore have been even then notorious ...
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