Malone's life of Shakspeare, comprehending an essay on the chronological order of his plays. Appendix. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Conveyance from Walker to Shakspeare. Shakspeare's mortgage. Declaration of trust, by Heminge, &c. Shakspeare's will. Extracts from Stratford register. Entries on the stationers' books. List of the early editions of Shakspeare. Dedication of the players, 1623. Preface of the players. Modern editions. Plays ascribed to Shakspeare. Plays altered from Shakspeare. Character of Aubrey, the antiquaryF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... written at length Shaksper , which was probably the vulgar pronunciation . But as spere was a mispelling of the word speare , from the cause already assigned ; and as it is not so properly old spelling , as false spell- ing ; in my ...
... written at length Shaksper , which was probably the vulgar pronunciation . But as spere was a mispelling of the word speare , from the cause already assigned ; and as it is not so properly old spelling , as false spell- ing ; in my ...
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... written his name in a book in the Bodleian Library , as I now have done ; yet his contemporaries much more frequently wrote Raw- leigh , or Raleigh , or Rawley ; nor was he himself , I believe , uni- form in his practice . Mr. Abraham ...
... written his name in a book in the Bodleian Library , as I now have done ; yet his contemporaries much more frequently wrote Raw- leigh , or Raleigh , or Rawley ; nor was he himself , I believe , uni- form in his practice . Mr. Abraham ...
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... written [ Ardene ] , the r was at length wholly omitted in writing and speaking . The successive representatives of the family of Arden , however , ac- cording to the capricious modes of ancient spelling , were by no means uniform in ...
... written [ Ardene ] , the r was at length wholly omitted in writing and speaking . The successive representatives of the family of Arden , however , ac- cording to the capricious modes of ancient spelling , were by no means uniform in ...
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... written above a century ago , by Mr. Aubrey , an ingenious man , and a most careful , laborious , and zealous ... writing Sejanus . In the printed play , however , the author omitted whatever our poet had contributed to that piece . I ...
... written above a century ago , by Mr. Aubrey , an ingenious man , and a most careful , laborious , and zealous ... writing Sejanus . In the printed play , however , the author omitted whatever our poet had contributed to that piece . I ...
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William Shakespeare James Boswell. written what his brother could not understand . His eldest son too , Richard ... writing of Latin letters to their fathers , appears to have been a common exercise enjoined to the scholars of ...
William Shakespeare James Boswell. written what his brother could not understand . His eldest son too , Richard ... writing of Latin letters to their fathers , appears to have been a common exercise enjoined to the scholars of ...
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