The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. gible by the recall of corrupt phrafeology , is not , in our opinion , the fureft way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the bookfeller , when the Jews fpoke ...
... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. gible by the recall of corrupt phrafeology , is not , in our opinion , the fureft way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the bookfeller , when the Jews fpoke ...
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... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. vigour of Shakspeare , the critick who in general has performed with accuracy one of the heaviest of literary tasks , ought not to be molested by a display of petty faults , which might have ...
... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. vigour of Shakspeare , the critick who in general has performed with accuracy one of the heaviest of literary tasks , ought not to be molested by a display of petty faults , which might have ...
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... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . He was the fon of Mr. John Shakspeare , and was born at Stratford - upon - Avon , in Warwickshire , in April , 1564. His family ...
... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . He was the fon of Mr. John Shakspeare , and was born at Stratford - upon - Avon , in Warwickshire , in April , 1564. His family ...
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... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. in all , that though he was his eldest son , he could give him no better education than his own employ- . ment . He had bred him , it is true , for fome time at a free - school , where , it ...
... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. in all , that though he was his eldest son , he could give him no better education than his own employ- . ment . He had bred him , it is true , for fome time at a free - school , where , it ...
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... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. bably the first effay of his poetry , be loft , yet it is faid to have been fo very bitter , that it redoubled well known from the fhare he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) among ...
... Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson. bably the first effay of his poetry , be loft , yet it is faid to have been fo very bitter , that it redoubled well known from the fhare he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) among ...
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