The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page vii
... prove of use , he was in the habit of using the first scrap of paper which presented itself , and marking down his memoranda in a species of short hand , of which no one , who was not accustomed to his manner , could readily comprehend ...
... prove of use , he was in the habit of using the first scrap of paper which presented itself , and marking down his memoranda in a species of short hand , of which no one , who was not accustomed to his manner , could readily comprehend ...
Page xxv
... prove that Shakspeare could not have been the father of D'Avenant's brother . But without giving any credence to this antiquated scandal ( for the truth of which I have certainly no wish to contend ) , Sir William was certainly ...
... prove that Shakspeare could not have been the father of D'Avenant's brother . But without giving any credence to this antiquated scandal ( for the truth of which I have certainly no wish to contend ) , Sir William was certainly ...
Page xxxii
... prove . It was not only handed down , as Mr. Gifford states , from Mr. Malone to Mr. Weber , but from Dryden ... proving to be a forgery from end to end ! Ther exposure occurs in the first volume , the note ' at the end of the second ...
... prove . It was not only handed down , as Mr. Gifford states , from Mr. Malone to Mr. Weber , but from Dryden ... proving to be a forgery from end to end ! Ther exposure occurs in the first volume , the note ' at the end of the second ...
Page xxxiv
... proving Twelfth Night to be writ- ten in 1614 , that is , sixteen years before the appearance of Every Man out of his Humour ; he had also posi- tively affirmed ( p . cclxxv ) that he ' did not believe · Twelfth Night was meant ; ' yet ...
... proving Twelfth Night to be writ- ten in 1614 , that is , sixteen years before the appearance of Every Man out of his Humour ; he had also posi- tively affirmed ( p . cclxxv ) that he ' did not believe · Twelfth Night was meant ; ' yet ...
Page xlii
... this beautiful comedy by calling it a foolery . ' The depreciation remains to be proved— but ( I regret to say it ) I have a heavier charge against Mr. 6 Malone than a too precipitate conclusion - a charge xlii ADVERTISEMENT .
... this beautiful comedy by calling it a foolery . ' The depreciation remains to be proved— but ( I regret to say it ) I have a heavier charge against Mr. 6 Malone than a too precipitate conclusion - a charge xlii ADVERTISEMENT .
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