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... 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 ...
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From these extracts it may be collected , ( as is observed by the gentleman above
- mentioned , to whose obliging attention to my inquiries I am indebted for many
particulars relative to our poet's family , ) that Mr. John Shakspeare in the former ...
From these extracts it may be collected , ( as is observed by the gentleman above
- mentioned , to whose obliging attention to my inquiries I am indebted for many
particulars relative to our poet's family , ) that Mr. John Shakspeare in the former ...
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... supplied him so abundartly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful
passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable
manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them .
... supplied him so abundartly with , than if he had given us the most beautiful
passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable
manner that it was possible for a master of the English language to deliver them .
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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 fellow he brought up
Horace giving the poets a pill , but our fellow Shakspeare hath given him a purge
that ...
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 fellow he brought up
Horace giving the poets a pill , but our fellow Shakspeare hath given him a purge
that ...
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for what books had given the former ; and the judgment of a great man upon this
occasion was , approbation by telling his auditors , “ By G -- ' tis good , and if you
like't , you may ; ' , and by pouring out against those who preferred our poet to ...
for what books had given the former ; and the judgment of a great man upon this
occasion was , approbation by telling his auditors , “ By G -- ' tis good , and if you
like't , you may ; ' , and by pouring out against those who preferred our poet to ...
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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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