The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... death . Even at the time when Johnson wrote his admirable preface , not only was the knowledge of his excellence almost wholly con- fined to his own countrymen , but even among them there were not a few who were disposed to adopt , in ...
... death . Even at the time when Johnson wrote his admirable preface , not only was the knowledge of his excellence almost wholly con- fined to his own countrymen , but even among them there were not a few who were disposed to adopt , in ...
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... death of Sir William D'Avenant , to whom it had belonged . Such a chain of traditional evidence is seldom to be found in pedigrees of this description ; and therefore Mr. Steevens , resorting to his usual weapon of ridicule , has ...
... death of Sir William D'Avenant , to whom it had belonged . Such a chain of traditional evidence is seldom to be found in pedigrees of this description ; and therefore Mr. Steevens , resorting to his usual weapon of ridicule , has ...
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... death of the person supposed to be re- presented ; and then ( as Edmund says in King Lear ) , ' come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . ' Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the first notice of this picture occurs ...
... death of the person supposed to be re- presented ; and then ( as Edmund says in King Lear ) , ' come pat , like the catastrophe of the old comedy . ' Shakspeare was buried in 1616 ; and in 1708 the first notice of this picture occurs ...
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... death , I sought in vain for this and some other family relics , and at length had abandoned all hope of ever finding them , when chance most unexpectedly re- stored them to me about ten days ago , in consequence of the opening of a ...
... death , I sought in vain for this and some other family relics , and at length had abandoned all hope of ever finding them , when chance most unexpectedly re- stored them to me about ten days ago , in consequence of the opening of a ...
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... death a work has come forth of such acknowledged excellence in other respects , and proceeding from a writer of such literary eminence , containing remarks of such a nature , that I cannot feel myself justified in passing them over in ...
... death a work has come forth of such acknowledged excellence in other respects , and proceeding from a writer of such literary eminence , containing remarks of such a nature , that I cannot feel myself justified in passing them over in ...
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