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Page v
But this fame drawing very soon ceased to be stationary , was alternately
exhibited and concealed , as the wavering faith of its possessor shifted about ,
and was prudently with held at last from the publick eye . Why it was not inserted
in the ...
But this fame drawing very soon ceased to be stationary , was alternately
exhibited and concealed , as the wavering faith of its possessor shifted about ,
and was prudently with held at last from the publick eye . Why it was not inserted
in the ...
Page xiv
... thrown away , because it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render
Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our
opinion , the furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv
ADVERTISEMENT ...
... thrown away , because it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render
Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our
opinion , the furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv
ADVERTISEMENT ...
Page xv
furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the
bookseller , when the Jews spoke Hebrew to him , ) they happen to have most
faith in what they least understand . Respecting our author therefore , on some ...
furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers ; unless ( like Curll the
bookseller , when the Jews spoke Hebrew to him , ) they happen to have most
faith in what they least understand . Respecting our author therefore , on some ...
Page xxxii
... and the like insignificant recoveries , which may not too degradingly be termed
- the haberdasheries of criticism ; that “ stand in number , though in reckoning
none ; " and are as unimportant to the Poet's , fame , 66 as is the morn - dew on
the ...
... and the like insignificant recoveries , which may not too degradingly be termed
- the haberdasheries of criticism ; that “ stand in number , though in reckoning
none ; " and are as unimportant to the Poet's , fame , 66 as is the morn - dew on
the ...
Page 13
99 The fame piece furnishes us with the earliest intimation of the quarrel between
him and Shakspeare . " Why here's our fellow Shakspeare put them ( the
university poets ) all down , ay , and Ben Jonson too . O , that Ben Jonson is a
peftilent ...
99 The fame piece furnishes us with the earliest intimation of the quarrel between
him and Shakspeare . " Why here's our fellow Shakspeare put them ( the
university poets ) all down , ay , and Ben Jonson too . O , that Ben Jonson is a
peftilent ...
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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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