The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... poet which Dr. John- son has quoted in his preface , he adds , " The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say , that there was no subject of which any poet ever writ , but he would produce it MUCH BETTER done by Shakspeare , and ...
... poet which Dr. John- son has quoted in his preface , he adds , " The consideration of this made Mr. Hales of Eton say , that there was no subject of which any poet ever writ , but he would produce it MUCH BETTER done by Shakspeare , and ...
Page 87
... poet . And I have seen this circumstance expressly mentioned in some of Wood's papers . Wood was well qualified to know these particulars ; for he was a townsman of Oxford , where he was born in 1632. Wood says , that Davenant went to ...
... poet . And I have seen this circumstance expressly mentioned in some of Wood's papers . Wood was well qualified to know these particulars ; for he was a townsman of Oxford , where he was born in 1632. Wood says , that Davenant went to ...
Page 94
... poet's brother . When the elder Gilbert died , the register does not in- form us ; but he certainly died before his son . Malone . This lady , who was our poet's youngest daughter , appears to have married without her father's knowledge ...
... poet's brother . When the elder Gilbert died , the register does not in- form us ; but he certainly died before his son . Malone . This lady , who was our poet's youngest daughter , appears to have married without her father's knowledge ...
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