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Page vi
A former plate of our author , which was copied from Martin Droelhout's in the title
- page to the folio 1623. is worn out ; nor does so “ abominable an imitation of
humanity ” deserve to be restored . The smaller head , prefixed to the Poems in ...
A former plate of our author , which was copied from Martin Droelhout's in the title
- page to the folio 1623. is worn out ; nor does so “ abominable an imitation of
humanity ” deserve to be restored . The smaller head , prefixed to the Poems in ...
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In plainer terms , that the vitiations * It will perhaps be urged , that to this first folio
we are indebted for the only copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays .
True : but may not our want of yet earlier and less corrupted editions of these ...
In plainer terms , that the vitiations * It will perhaps be urged , that to this first folio
we are indebted for the only copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays .
True : but may not our want of yet earlier and less corrupted editions of these ...
Page xii
... or their fucceffors , the editors of the first folio ; that we have sometimes
followed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in
preference to the decifions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their
choice of ...
... or their fucceffors , the editors of the first folio ; that we have sometimes
followed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in
preference to the decifions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their
choice of ...
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... acknowledged judgement and experience , we shall not flirink from controversy
with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiesce in modern
suggestions if opposed to the authority of quartos and folios , consigned to us by
...
... acknowledged judgement and experience , we shall not flirink from controversy
with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiesce in modern
suggestions if opposed to the authority of quartos and folios , consigned to us by
...
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Nothing will be lost to the world on account of the measure recommende ed ,
there being folios and quartos enough remaining for the use of antiquarian or
critical travellers , to whom a jolt over a rugged pavement may be more
delectable than ...
Nothing will be lost to the world on account of the measure recommende ed ,
there being folios and quartos enough remaining for the use of antiquarian or
critical travellers , to whom a jolt over a rugged pavement may be more
delectable than ...
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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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