The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... obscurity of his language . Mr. Jennens undertook to enable every reader to become his own Critick , by furnishing him with all the varieties which the folios , the quartos , or the suggestions of Commentators could afford ; and the ...
... obscurity of his language . Mr. Jennens undertook to enable every reader to become his own Critick , by furnishing him with all the varieties which the folios , the quartos , or the suggestions of Commentators could afford ; and the ...
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... obscure entry . A glare of light suddenly breaks upon you beyond what the avenue at first promised ; and a thousand beauties of genius and character , like so many gaudy apartments pouring at once upon the eye , diffuse and throw ...
... obscure entry . A glare of light suddenly breaks upon you beyond what the avenue at first promised ; and a thousand beauties of genius and character , like so many gaudy apartments pouring at once upon the eye , diffuse and throw ...
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... obscure and difficult ones ; and an enquiry into the beauties and de- fects of composition . This work is principally confined to the two former parts : though there are some specimens interspersed of the latter kind , as several of the ...
... obscure and difficult ones ; and an enquiry into the beauties and de- fects of composition . This work is principally confined to the two former parts : though there are some specimens interspersed of the latter kind , as several of the ...
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... obscure point of history : others , where allusions are to divinity , philosophy , or other branches of science . Some are added , to show where there is a suspicion of our author having borrowed from the ancients : others , to show ...
... obscure point of history : others , where allusions are to divinity , philosophy , or other branches of science . Some are added , to show where there is a suspicion of our author having borrowed from the ancients : others , to show ...
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... obscure , as the characters themselves are antiquated and disused . An editor therefore should be well versed in the ... obscurity . Thus became the poetry of Donne ( though the wittiest man of that age ) nothing but a continued heap of ...
... obscure , as the characters themselves are antiquated and disused . An editor therefore should be well versed in the ... obscurity . Thus became the poetry of Donne ( though the wittiest man of that age ) nothing but a continued heap of ...
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