The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page x
... poet has been lengthened or curtailed as suited the commentator's caprice , to bring it within the strict regularity which has been enjoined by the school of Pope . In proposing these corrections , as Mr. Steevens endeavours to ...
... poet has been lengthened or curtailed as suited the commentator's caprice , to bring it within the strict regularity which has been enjoined by the school of Pope . In proposing these corrections , as Mr. Steevens endeavours to ...
Page xv
... 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 recommended them- selves ...
... 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 recommended them- selves ...
Page xxxii
... poet has been wrongfully treated ; I lament that Mr. Malone was led by others into an injurious estimation of his character ; but when Mr. Gifford proceeds to accuse my friend of wilful misrepresentation , I must show , as I think ...
... poet has been wrongfully treated ; I lament that Mr. Malone was led by others into an injurious estimation of his character ; but when Mr. Gifford proceeds to accuse my friend of wilful misrepresentation , I must show , as I think ...
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... Poets , there is not one syllable about an unlucky play . I now come to a most direct accusation against Mr. Malone ... poet , ( he had just charged him with having unsparingly censured it ) whose malice appears to be more than equal to ...
... Poets , there is not one syllable about an unlucky play . I now come to a most direct accusation against Mr. Malone ... poet , ( he had just charged him with having unsparingly censured it ) whose malice appears to be more than equal to ...
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... Poet , whom he admired for his genius , and to whom he at all times felt the strongest attachment . In addition to the assistance which his residence in London and his ex- perience in all that related to the press enabled him to bestow ...
... Poet , whom he admired for his genius , and to whom he at all times felt the strongest attachment . In addition to the assistance which his residence in London and his ex- perience in all that related to the press enabled him to bestow ...
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