The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page xxvi
... hands , almost a century after the death of the person supposed to be re- presented ; and then ( as Edmund says in King Lear ) , ' come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . ' Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the ...
... hands , almost a century after the death of the person supposed to be re- presented ; and then ( as Edmund says in King Lear ) , ' come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . ' Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the ...
Page xxviii
... hands of his great grand - son , the poet , who , dying in 1742 , without issue , left his estates to my grand - father , Lord Somerville , and gave this miniature to my mother . ' She valued it very highly , as well for the sake of the ...
... hands of his great grand - son , the poet , who , dying in 1742 , without issue , left his estates to my grand - father , Lord Somerville , and gave this miniature to my mother . ' She valued it very highly , as well for the sake of the ...
Page lxviii
... hand of him who studied him the most , and illustrated him the best , you have in the most natural , happy , and pleasing manner , and as if you were drawn into it by your subject , given us a very interesting History of our Language ...
... hand of him who studied him the most , and illustrated him the best , you have in the most natural , happy , and pleasing manner , and as if you were drawn into it by your subject , given us a very interesting History of our Language ...
Page 9
... hand that Shakspeare had none at all ; and because Shak- speare had much the most wit and fancy , it was retorted on the other , that Jonson wanted both . Because Shak → speare borrowed nothing , it was said that Ben Jonson bor- rowed ...
... hand that Shakspeare had none at all ; and because Shak- speare had much the most wit and fancy , it was retorted on the other , that Jonson wanted both . Because Shak → speare borrowed nothing , it was said that Ben Jonson bor- rowed ...
Page 12
... hand , which are since to be found in the folio . In the next place , a number of beautiful passages , which are extant in the first single editions , are omitted in this as it seems , without any other reason , than their willingness ...
... hand , which are since to be found in the folio . In the next place , a number of beautiful passages , which are extant in the first single editions , are omitted in this as it seems , without any other reason , than their willingness ...
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