The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... reader may expect to be told , under what circumstances , and with what pre- tensions , the present editor appears before him , and what are the advantages which are supposed to be derived from the work he has undertaken to superintend ...
... reader may expect to be told , under what circumstances , and with what pre- tensions , the present editor appears before him , and what are the advantages which are supposed to be derived from the work he has undertaken to superintend ...
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... reader , that he will keep in his recollection the circumstances which I have stated , and will not consider me as having thrust myself upon this employment from any over - weening confidence in my own abilities ; but as having ...
... reader , that he will keep in his recollection the circumstances which I have stated , and will not consider me as having thrust myself upon this employment from any over - weening confidence in my own abilities ; but as having ...
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... reader , as far as it was possible , with the author's unsophisticated text . In acting upon this principle he had at first the concurrence and even the example of Mr. Steevens to guide him . They both pro- fessed to follow the old ...
... reader , as far as it was possible , with the author's unsophisticated text . In acting upon this principle he had at first the concurrence and even the example of Mr. Steevens to guide him . They both pro- fessed to follow the old ...
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... readers would be un- willing to take the pains of collecting a system of criti- cism for themselves ; but would rather be content with acquiescing in opinions so ... reader of the different view which I have taken ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
... readers would be un- willing to take the pains of collecting a system of criti- cism for themselves ; but would rather be content with acquiescing in opinions so ... reader of the different view which I have taken ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
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William Shakespeare. the reader of the different view which I have taken of an editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed ... reader to determine whether this iteration of words , without any additional meaning , does not give us a more ...
William Shakespeare. the reader of the different view which I have taken of an editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed ... reader to determine whether this iteration of words , without any additional meaning , does not give us a more ...
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