The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... Latin words , than ever any other English author used , must we infer his intimate acquaintance with that language . A reader of taste may easily observe , that though Shak- speare , almost in every scene of his historical plays , com ...
... Latin words , than ever any other English author used , must we infer his intimate acquaintance with that language . A reader of taste may easily observe , that though Shak- speare , almost in every scene of his historical plays , com ...
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... Latin tongue , it is certain , there is a surprizing effusion of Latin words made English , far more than in any one English author I have seen ; but we must be cautious to imagine , this was of his own doing . For the English tongue ...
... Latin tongue , it is certain , there is a surprizing effusion of Latin words made English , far more than in any one English author I have seen ; but we must be cautious to imagine , this was of his own doing . For the English tongue ...
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... Latin and Greek languages have received the greatest advantages imaginable from the labours of the editors and criticks of the two last ages , by whose aid and assistance the grammarians have been enabled to write infinitely better iu ...
... Latin and Greek languages have received the greatest advantages imaginable from the labours of the editors and criticks of the two last ages , by whose aid and assistance the grammarians have been enabled to write infinitely better iu ...
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... Latin criticism . If the follies of particular men were sufficient to bring any branch of learning into disrepute , I do not know any that would stand in a worse situation than that for which I now apologize . For I hardly think there ...
... Latin criticism . If the follies of particular men were sufficient to bring any branch of learning into disrepute , I do not know any that would stand in a worse situation than that for which I now apologize . For I hardly think there ...
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... Latin , and less Greek ; " who , besides that he had no imaginable temptation to falsehood , wrote at a time when the character and acquisitions of Shakspeare were known to multitudes . His evidence ought therefore to decide the ...
... Latin , and less Greek ; " who , besides that he had no imaginable temptation to falsehood , wrote at a time when the character and acquisitions of Shakspeare were known to multitudes . His evidence ought therefore to decide the ...
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