The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... common with some of his accomplished con- temporaries , to have amused himself with slight poetical compositions ; and on the marriage of their present Ma- jesties contributed an Ode to the collection of congratu- latory verses which ...
... common with some of his accomplished con- temporaries , to have amused himself with slight poetical compositions ; and on the marriage of their present Ma- jesties contributed an Ode to the collection of congratu- latory verses which ...
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... common suffrage . One cannot therefore wonder , if Shakspeare , having at his first appearance no other aim in his writings than to procure a subsistence , directed his endeavours solely to hit the taste and humour that then prevailed ...
... common suffrage . One cannot therefore wonder , if Shakspeare , having at his first appearance no other aim in his writings than to procure a subsistence , directed his endeavours solely to hit the taste and humour that then prevailed ...
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... common audience had no netion of the rules of writing , but few even of the better sort piqued themselves upon any great degree of knowledge or nicety that way ; tilf Ben Jonson getting pos- session of the stage , brought critical ...
... common audience had no netion of the rules of writing , but few even of the better sort piqued themselves upon any great degree of knowledge or nicety that way ; tilf Ben Jonson getting pos- session of the stage , brought critical ...
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... common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground . This too might be thought a praise by some , and to this his errors have as injudiciously been ascribed by others . For ' tis certain , were it true , it would ...
... common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground . This too might be thought a praise by some , and to this his errors have as injudiciously been ascribed by others . For ' tis certain , were it true , it would ...
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... common than Actus tertia , Exit omnes , Enter three Witches solus * . Their French is as bad 5 Enter three Witches solus . ] This blunder appears to be of as their Latin , both in construction and spelling : 6 10 MR . POPE'S PREFACE .
... common than Actus tertia , Exit omnes , Enter three Witches solus * . Their French is as bad 5 Enter three Witches solus . ] This blunder appears to be of as their Latin , both in construction and spelling : 6 10 MR . POPE'S PREFACE .
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