The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 1 |
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... passages , but by the progress of his fable , and , the tenour of his dia- * logue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quota- tations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale ...
... passages , but by the progress of his fable , and , the tenour of his dia- * logue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quota- tations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale ...
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... passages which appeared to me likely to obstruct the greater number of readers , and thought it my duty to facilitate their passage . It is impoffible for an expofitor not to write too little for fome , and too much for others . He can ...
... passages which appeared to me likely to obstruct the greater number of readers , and thought it my duty to facilitate their passage . It is impoffible for an expofitor not to write too little for fome , and too much for others . He can ...
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