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Page xix
... and that as many of his plays as are founded on Roman or British history ,
should be attended by complete transcripts from their originals in Sir Thomas
North's Plutarch , or the Chronicles of Hall and Holinshed . These ' faults , indeed
, --- si ...
... and that as many of his plays as are founded on Roman or British history ,
should be attended by complete transcripts from their originals in Sir Thomas
North's Plutarch , or the Chronicles of Hall and Holinshed . These ' faults , indeed
, --- si ...
Page xxv
To him who is inclined to dispute our grounds for this last assertion , we would
recommend a perusal of the errata at the ends of multitudes of our ancient
publications , where the reader's indulgence is entreated for “ faults escaped on
account ...
To him who is inclined to dispute our grounds for this last assertion , we would
recommend a perusal of the errata at the ends of multitudes of our ancient
publications , where the reader's indulgence is entreated for “ faults escaped on
account ...
Page xxvii
If , in the mean time , fome critical arithmetician can be found , who will impartially
and intelligently ascertain by way of Dr and Cr the faults and merits of this book ,
and thereby prove the former to have been many , and the latter scarce any at ...
If , in the mean time , fome critical arithmetician can be found , who will impartially
and intelligently ascertain by way of Dr and Cr the faults and merits of this book ,
and thereby prove the former to have been many , and the latter scarce any at ...
Page xxxi
... ought not to be molested by a display of petty faults , which might have eluded
the most vigilant faculties of sight and hearing that were ever placed as spies
over the labours of each other . They are not even mentioned here as a covert
mode ...
... ought not to be molested by a display of petty faults , which might have eluded
the most vigilant faculties of sight and hearing that were ever placed as spies
over the labours of each other . They are not even mentioned here as a covert
mode ...
Page 15
In The Merry Wives of Windsor , which was written foon after the year 1600 ,
Three hundred pounds a year is described as an estate of such magnitude as to
cover all the defects of its possessor : « O , what a world of vile ill - favour'd faults
6.
In The Merry Wives of Windsor , which was written foon after the year 1600 ,
Three hundred pounds a year is described as an estate of such magnitude as to
cover all the defects of its possessor : « O , what a world of vile ill - favour'd faults
6.
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