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Could a perfect and decisive edition of the following scenes be produced , it were
to be expected only ( thouglı we fear in vain ) from the hand of Dr. Farmer , whose
more serious avocations forbid him to undertake what every reader would ...
Could a perfect and decisive edition of the following scenes be produced , it were
to be expected only ( thouglı we fear in vain ) from the hand of Dr. Farmer , whose
more serious avocations forbid him to undertake what every reader would ...
Page xix
1 of comment . Our fituation has not unaptly resembled that of the fray in the first
scene of Romeo and Juliet : “ While we were interchanging thrusts and blows , 6.
Came more and more , and fought on part and part : till , as Hamlet has observed
...
1 of comment . Our fituation has not unaptly resembled that of the fray in the first
scene of Romeo and Juliet : “ While we were interchanging thrusts and blows , 6.
Came more and more , and fought on part and part : till , as Hamlet has observed
...
Page xxx
... however , that he himself will hereafter join with us in considering no small
proportion of our contested readings as a mere game at literary pushpin ; and
that if Shakspeare looks down upon our petty squabbles over his mangled
scenes , it ...
... however , that he himself will hereafter join with us in considering no small
proportion of our contested readings as a mere game at literary pushpin ; and
that if Shakspeare looks down upon our petty squabbles over his mangled
scenes , it ...
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It may be remarked likewise , that the jingle on which it turns , occurs in the first
scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor . I may add , that the veracity of the late Mr.
Oldys has never yet been impeached , and it is not very probable that a ballad ...
It may be remarked likewise , that the jingle on which it turns , occurs in the first
scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor . I may add , that the veracity of the late Mr.
Oldys has never yet been impeached , and it is not very probable that a ballad ...
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... of Windfor , which he is said to have coin pored in a fortnight , he might have
written without a blot ; and three or four years afterwards , when he close to dilate
his plan , he might have composed the additional scenes without a blou likewise .
... of Windfor , which he is said to have coin pored in a fortnight , he might have
written without a blot ; and three or four years afterwards , when he close to dilate
his plan , he might have composed the additional scenes without a blou likewise .
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Johnson (écrivain) |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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