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thors , I am persuaded that the meaning of many expressions in Shakspeare might be retrieved ; for the language of conversation can only be expected to be preserved in works , which in their time assumed the merit of being pictures of ...
thors , I am persuaded that the meaning of many expressions in Shakspeare might be retrieved ; for the language of conversation can only be expected to be preserved in works , which in their time assumed the merit of being pictures of ...
Page 166
The gene . ral interest of English literature , and the attention due to our own language and history , require that our ancient writings should be diligently reviewed . There is no age which has not produced some works that deserved to ...
The gene . ral interest of English literature , and the attention due to our own language and history , require that our ancient writings should be diligently reviewed . There is no age which has not produced some works that deserved to ...
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It may seem strange , that the person to whom the care of sila pervising the second folio was consigned , should hare been thus ignorant of our poet's language : but it should be remembeied , that in the beginning of the reign of ...
It may seem strange , that the person to whom the care of sila pervising the second folio was consigned , should hare been thus ignorant of our poet's language : but it should be remembeied , that in the beginning of the reign of ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Publisher | C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Nov 2008 |
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