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Page iii
About the time when this pidure found its way into Mr. Keck's hands , t the
verification of portraits * Nor does the same piece of ancient scandal derive much
weight from Aubrey's adoption of it . The reader who is acquainted with the
writings of ...
About the time when this pidure found its way into Mr. Keck's hands , t the
verification of portraits * Nor does the same piece of ancient scandal derive much
weight from Aubrey's adoption of it . The reader who is acquainted with the
writings of ...
Page v
Why it was not inserted in the late History of Bristol , as well as Rowley's plan and
elevation of its ancient castle , ( which all the rules of all the ages of archite & ure
pronounce to be fpurious ) let the Rowleian advocates inform us . We are ...
Why it was not inserted in the late History of Bristol , as well as Rowley's plan and
elevation of its ancient castle , ( which all the rules of all the ages of archite & ure
pronounce to be fpurious ) let the Rowleian advocates inform us . We are ...
Page vii
To make room for it Titus Andronicus might have been omitted ; but our
proprietors are of opinion that some ancient prejudices in its favour may fill exist ,
and · for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c
. of ...
To make room for it Titus Andronicus might have been omitted ; but our
proprietors are of opinion that some ancient prejudices in its favour may fill exist ,
and · for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c
. of ...
Page viii
They have persisted in their former track of reading for the illustration of their
author , and cannot help observing that those who receive the benefit of
explanatory extracts from ancient writers , little know at what expence of time and
labour such ...
They have persisted in their former track of reading for the illustration of their
author , and cannot help observing that those who receive the benefit of
explanatory extracts from ancient writers , little know at what expence of time and
labour such ...
Page xiii
To revive the anomalies , barbarisms and blanders of some ancient copies , in
preference to the corrections of others almost equally old , is likewise a
circumstance by no means honourable to our author , however secure respecting
ourselves ...
To revive the anomalies , barbarisms and blanders of some ancient copies , in
preference to the corrections of others almost equally old , is likewise a
circumstance by no means honourable to our author , however secure respecting
ourselves ...
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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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