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excellent engravings of Mr. Vertue , Mr. Hall , and Mr. Knight , the painting does
not afford a vestige ; nor is there a feature or circumstance on the whole canvas ,
that can with minute precision be delineated . -- We must add , that on very vague
...
excellent engravings of Mr. Vertue , Mr. Hall , and Mr. Knight , the painting does
not afford a vestige ; nor is there a feature or circumstance on the whole canvas ,
that can with minute precision be delineated . -- We must add , that on very vague
...
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They who wish for decorations adapted to this edition of Shak . speare , will find
them in Silvester Harding's Portraits and Views , & c . & c . ( appropriated to the
whole suite of our author's Historical Dramas , & c . ) published in thirty numbers ...
They who wish for decorations adapted to this edition of Shak . speare , will find
them in Silvester Harding's Portraits and Views , & c . & c . ( appropriated to the
whole suite of our author's Historical Dramas , & c . ) published in thirty numbers ...
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That the foregoing information , however , may communicate no alarm , or induce
the reader to suppose we have “ bestowed our whole tediousness ” on him , we
should add , that many notes have likewise been withdrawn . A few , manifestly ...
That the foregoing information , however , may communicate no alarm , or induce
the reader to suppose we have “ bestowed our whole tediousness ” on him , we
should add , that many notes have likewise been withdrawn . A few , manifestly ...
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To a reader unconversant with the licences of a theatre , the charge of more
material interpolation than that of mere syllables , will appear to want support ;
and yet whole lines and passages in the following plays incur a very just
suspicion of ...
To a reader unconversant with the licences of a theatre , the charge of more
material interpolation than that of mere syllables , will appear to want support ;
and yet whole lines and passages in the following plays incur a very just
suspicion of ...
Page xxi
... diligence , and spirit of enquiry , have very far exceeded those of the whole
united phalanx of his predecessors . — His additions to our author's Life , his
attempt to ascertain the Order in which his plays were written , together with his
account ...
... diligence , and spirit of enquiry , have very far exceeded those of the whole
united phalanx of his predecessors . — His additions to our author's Life , his
attempt to ascertain the Order in which his plays were written , together with his
account ...
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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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