The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1Rwington, 1821 |
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... written , I have afforded him an opportunity of judging for himself , by laying both before him . In the old editions we perpetually find a plural sub- stantive governing a singular verb , which has generally been corrected by all the ...
... written , I have afforded him an opportunity of judging for himself , by laying both before him . In the old editions we perpetually find a plural sub- stantive governing a singular verb , which has generally been corrected by all the ...
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... written for the purpose of demolishing almost every state- ment which it contained . These are now incorporated in Mr. Malone's more extensive and correct work on the same subject . The remainder of the volume is occupied by various ...
... written for the purpose of demolishing almost every state- ment which it contained . These are now incorporated in Mr. Malone's more extensive and correct work on the same subject . The remainder of the volume is occupied by various ...
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... * See Mr. Richardson's Proposals , p . 291. It will scarcely be necessary to inform the reader , that these Proposals were written by Mr. Steevens . that such a remark is wholly groundless . That no xxiv ADVERTISEMENT .
... * See Mr. Richardson's Proposals , p . 291. It will scarcely be necessary to inform the reader , that these Proposals were written by Mr. Steevens . that such a remark is wholly groundless . That no xxiv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... written . The reverse is most frequently the case , and the whole of a work is generally gone through before the composition of the prefatory matter ; but in the present instance there is no inconsistency ; he tells us that if Mr ...
... written . The reverse is most frequently the case , and the whole of a work is generally gone through before the composition of the prefatory matter ; but in the present instance there is no inconsistency ; he tells us that if Mr ...
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... written by our author to ridicule Shakspeare ; ' and the whole weight of the commentators ' fury is directed against him , and him alone Jonson , ' says one of them , in all pro- bability maliciously stole this opportunity to throw in ...
... written by our author to ridicule Shakspeare ; ' and the whole weight of the commentators ' fury is directed against him , and him alone Jonson , ' says one of them , in all pro- bability maliciously stole this opportunity to throw in ...
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