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As a large proportion of Mr. Monck Mason's strictures on a former edition of
Shakspeare are here inserted , it has been thought necessary that as much of his
Preface * as was designed to introduce them , should accompany their second ...
As a large proportion of Mr. Monck Mason's strictures on a former edition of
Shakspeare are here inserted , it has been thought necessary that as much of his
Preface * as was designed to introduce them , should accompany their second ...
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... have also occasioned the appearance of more annotations than were
absolutely wanted , unless it be thought requisite that our author , like a Dauphin
Classick , should be reduced to marginal profe for the use of children ; that all his
various ...
... have also occasioned the appearance of more annotations than were
absolutely wanted , unless it be thought requisite that our author , like a Dauphin
Classick , should be reduced to marginal profe for the use of children ; that all his
various ...
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... knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce to the better understanding
his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem to many not to
want a comment , yet I fancy fome little account of the man himself may not be
thought ...
... knowledge of an author may sometimes conduce to the better understanding
his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem to many not to
want a comment , yet I fancy fome little account of the man himself may not be
thought ...
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for them , which would have attended thatcorrectness , might have restrained
some of that fire , impetuosity , and even beautiful extravagance , which we
admire in Shakspeare : and I believe we are better pleased with those thoughts ...
for them , which would have attended thatcorrectness , might have restrained
some of that fire , impetuosity , and even beautiful extravagance , which we
admire in Shakspeare : and I believe we are better pleased with those thoughts ...
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For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman , as he thought , somewhat too
severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . ?
And though this , probably the first essay of his poetry , be loft , yet it is said to
have ...
For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman , as he thought , somewhat too
severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage , he made a ballad upon him . ?
And though this , probably the first essay of his poetry , be loft , yet it is said to
have ...
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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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