The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page x
... ignorance which prevailed on this subject not more than a century ago , when the knowledge of our literature was confined within so narrow a compass , that as far as intellectual eminence was concerned , we appeared to be a nation of ...
... ignorance which prevailed on this subject not more than a century ago , when the knowledge of our literature was confined within so narrow a compass , that as far as intellectual eminence was concerned , we appeared to be a nation of ...
Page xv
... ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or other suggestions which ...
... ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or other suggestions which ...
Page xvi
... ignorance and inat- tention t . " He proceeds , in the following page , to describe , in still stronger terms , their utter insufficiency for their employment . But if this were the case , how are we to account for the other part of his ...
... ignorance and inat- tention t . " He proceeds , in the following page , to describe , in still stronger terms , their utter insufficiency for their employment . But if this were the case , how are we to account for the other part of his ...
Page xxxiv
... ignorance , " so harshly applied to the members of that institution . The censures which are passed on Mr. Malone upon slighter matters , will not require me to detain the reader long . " Mr. Malone had previously employed several pages ...
... ignorance , " so harshly applied to the members of that institution . The censures which are passed on Mr. Malone upon slighter matters , will not require me to detain the reader long . " Mr. Malone had previously employed several pages ...
Page xxxix
... ignorance or his malice . The praise refers to our author's works . It is in the composition of his Sejanus , Catiline , and other poems mentioned by Feltham , that he pronounces Jonson to have said so much in his own praise as to make ...
... ignorance or his malice . The praise refers to our author's works . It is in the composition of his Sejanus , Catiline , and other poems mentioned by Feltham , that he pronounces Jonson to have said so much in his own praise as to make ...
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