The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... knowledge of the topicks which such a work must embrace , and a longer experience in antiquarian research ; but in some respects I had opportunities which did not fall to any other person's share . From constant communication with him ...
... knowledge of the topicks which such a work must embrace , and a longer experience in antiquarian research ; but in some respects I had opportunities which did not fall to any other person's share . From constant communication with him ...
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... knowledge of our literature was confined within so narrow a compass , that as far as intellectual eminence was concerned , we appeared to be a nation of yesterday . Our early writers , with all the faults of an un- tutored taste , had ...
... knowledge of our literature was confined within so narrow a compass , that as far as intellectual eminence was concerned , we appeared to be a nation of yesterday . Our early writers , with all the faults of an un- tutored taste , had ...
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... knowledge became more extensive , and his judgment matured . In his first essays he will appear seemingly unconscious of his strength , assimilating himself , in some degree , to the models before him . Soon after we see him with ...
... knowledge became more extensive , and his judgment matured . In his first essays he will appear seemingly unconscious of his strength , assimilating himself , in some degree , to the models before him . Soon after we see him with ...
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... knowledge of his excellence almost wholly con- fined to his own countrymen , but even among them there were not a few who were disposed to adopt , in some degree , the petty objections which had been thrown out by the spleen of Voltaire ...
... knowledge of his excellence almost wholly con- fined to his own countrymen , but even among them there were not a few who were disposed to adopt , in some degree , the petty objections which had been thrown out by the spleen of Voltaire ...
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... knowledge . In one respect , how- ever , I am bound to say he has done great and important service , I mean in his care of the punctuation , which I mention here once for all , as it is a praise which it would * I will take this ...
... knowledge . In one respect , how- ever , I am bound to say he has done great and important service , I mean in his care of the punctuation , which I mention here once for all , as it is a praise which it would * I will take this ...
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