The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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... known portrait of Droeshout's engraving . No wonder then that his performances twenty years after , are found to be executed with a somewhat superior degree of skill and accuracy . Yet still he was a poor engraver , and his productions ...
... known portrait of Droeshout's engraving . No wonder then that his performances twenty years after , are found to be executed with a somewhat superior degree of skill and accuracy . Yet still he was a poor engraver , and his productions ...
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... known portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Romney , are rendered worthless by simi- lar infidelities ; for notwithstanding these mezzo- tints preserve the outlines and general effect of their originals , the appropriate characters ...
... known portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Romney , are rendered worthless by simi- lar infidelities ; for notwithstanding these mezzo- tints preserve the outlines and general effect of their originals , the appropriate characters ...
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... known from the share he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) among the collections which he left for a Life of Shakspeare , observes , that " there was a very aged gentleman living in the neighbourhood of Stratford , ( where he ...
... known from the share he had in compiling the Biographia Britannica ) among the collections which he left for a Life of Shakspeare , observes , that " there was a very aged gentleman living in the neighbourhood of Stratford , ( where he ...
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... known to the world , had offered one of his plays to the players , in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over , were just upon returning it to him ...
... known to the world , had offered one of his plays to the players , in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over , were just upon returning it to him ...
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... known in Warwick- shire , and contains from 30 to 60 acres . The average therefore being 45 , four yard land and a half may be estimated at about two hundred acres . As sixteen years purchase was the common rate at which the land was ...
... known in Warwick- shire , and contains from 30 to 60 acres . The average therefore being 45 , four yard land and a half may be estimated at about two hundred acres . As sixteen years purchase was the common rate at which the land was ...
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