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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... fhould feem from these words , that the plate prefixed to the folio 1623 exhibited such a likeness of Shakspeare as fatisfied the eye of his contemporary , Ben Jonfon , who , on an occafion like this , would hardly have ventured to ...
... fhould feem from these words , that the plate prefixed to the folio 1623 exhibited such a likeness of Shakspeare as fatisfied the eye of his contemporary , Ben Jonfon , who , on an occafion like this , would hardly have ventured to ...
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... fhould any fine ladies and gentlemen of the prefent age be disgufted at the stiff garb of our au- thor , they may readily turn their eyes afide , and feaft them on the more eafy and elegant fuit of clothes provided for him by his modern ...
... fhould any fine ladies and gentlemen of the prefent age be disgufted at the stiff garb of our au- thor , they may readily turn their eyes afide , and feaft them on the more eafy and elegant fuit of clothes provided for him by his modern ...
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... fhould not be overlooked . In the matter prefatory to W. Richardfon's Pro- pofals , the plate by Vertue from Mr. Keck's ( now the Chandos ) picture , is faid to have fucceeded the engraving before Mr. Pope's edition of Shakspeare , in ...
... fhould not be overlooked . In the matter prefatory to W. Richardfon's Pro- pofals , the plate by Vertue from Mr. Keck's ( now the Chandos ) picture , is faid to have fucceeded the engraving before Mr. Pope's edition of Shakspeare , in ...
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... fhould have told him that Shakspeare himself was a natural fon of Queen Elizabeth . An additional and no less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibility , may be found at the conclufion of one of his own Letters to Mr. Ray ; where , after ...
... fhould have told him that Shakspeare himself was a natural fon of Queen Elizabeth . An additional and no less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibility , may be found at the conclufion of one of his own Letters to Mr. Ray ; where , after ...
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... fhould not be inferred . The poffeffion • Much respect is due to the authority of portraits that defcend in families from heir to heir ; but little reliance can be placed on them when they are produced for fale ( as in the present ...
... fhould not be inferred . The poffeffion • Much respect is due to the authority of portraits that defcend in families from heir to heir ; but little reliance can be placed on them when they are produced for fale ( as in the present ...
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