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The person selected by the booksellers for this purpose was Mr. Henry Weber . It would be curious to learn the motives of this felicitous choice . Mr. Weber had never read an old play in his life ; he was but imperfectly acquainted with ...
The person selected by the booksellers for this purpose was Mr. Henry Weber . It would be curious to learn the motives of this felicitous choice . Mr. Weber had never read an old play in his life ; he was but imperfectly acquainted with ...
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All , however , did not quite agree with " the judicious admirers of the ancient drama , " respecting the value of Mr. Weber's labours . In particular , Mr. Octavius Gilchrist , whose memory will long be cherished by the sincere ...
All , however , did not quite agree with " the judicious admirers of the ancient drama , " respecting the value of Mr. Weber's labours . In particular , Mr. Octavius Gilchrist , whose memory will long be cherished by the sincere ...
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Mr. Weber seems to have relied for the success of his undertaking , not so much on the merits of his author , as on the exposition ( for the hundredth time ) of the " bitter enmity of Ben Jonson towards him on account of his close ...
Mr. Weber seems to have relied for the success of his undertaking , not so much on the merits of his author , as on the exposition ( for the hundredth time ) of the " bitter enmity of Ben Jonson towards him on account of his close ...
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... he brings forward the forgeries of Macklin from some old newspapers , where they had lain covered with dust for nearly half a century , " without entertaining , " as Mr. Weber is pleased to assure us , ( Introduction , p . xxiv . ) ...
... he brings forward the forgeries of Macklin from some old newspapers , where they had lain covered with dust for nearly half a century , " without entertaining , " as Mr. Weber is pleased to assure us , ( Introduction , p . xxiv . ) ...
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spirit , for the sincerity of which the undoubting Mr. Weber so freely vouches , there is not a syllable of truth in it . Mr. Malone assured me , over and over , that Steevens did not believe one word of it . The last conversation which ...
spirit , for the sincerity of which the undoubting Mr. Weber so freely vouches , there is not a syllable of truth in it . Mr. Malone assured me , over and over , that Steevens did not believe one word of it . The last conversation which ...
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