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Page v
It is incidentally observed by Dr. Farmer , ( Essay on Shakspeare , ) " that play - writing in the poet's days was scarcely thought a creditable employ . " To this , perhaps , may in some measure be attributed the slight notice which is ...
It is incidentally observed by Dr. Farmer , ( Essay on Shakspeare , ) " that play - writing in the poet's days was scarcely thought a creditable employ . " To this , perhaps , may in some measure be attributed the slight notice which is ...
Page vi
It would seem as if the Dramatic Poets themselves ( for the rest are not so chary of names and circumstances ) entertained some such idea as Farmer mentions ; and either from mortification or humility , commonly abstained from dwelling ...
It would seem as if the Dramatic Poets themselves ( for the rest are not so chary of names and circumstances ) entertained some such idea as Farmer mentions ; and either from mortification or humility , commonly abstained from dwelling ...
Page vii
Frequent intermarriages , and a singular attachment to the name of JOHN , bewilder the early inquirer from step to step ; but thus much may be relied on by those who are content to take up the poet's pedigree from a comparatively modern ...
Frequent intermarriages , and a singular attachment to the name of JOHN , bewilder the early inquirer from step to step ; but thus much may be relied on by those who are content to take up the poet's pedigree from a comparatively modern ...
Page viii
It appears from Rymer's Fœdera , † that the father of our poet was in the commission of the peace . Whether this honourable situation was procured for him by the interest of his wife's father cannot be told ; it may however be ...
It appears from Rymer's Fœdera , † that the father of our poet was in the commission of the peace . Whether this honourable situation was procured for him by the interest of his wife's father cannot be told ; it may however be ...
Page ix
Our poet had been preceded in his legal studies by his cousin John Ford , son of an elder brother of his father's family , to whom he appears to have looked up with much respect , and to have borne an almost fraternal affection : this ...
Our poet had been preceded in his legal studies by his cousin John Ford , son of an elder brother of his father's family , to whom he appears to have looked up with much respect , and to have borne an almost fraternal affection : this ...
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