The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page vi
... truth was the only object which he ever had in view , he was accustomed to note down every passage which he met with in his reading , whether it tended to fortify his own opi- nion , or add strength to that of his opponents , reserving ...
... truth was the only object which he ever had in view , he was accustomed to note down every passage which he met with in his reading , whether it tended to fortify his own opi- nion , or add strength to that of his opponents , reserving ...
Page xxv
... truth of which I have certainly no wish to contend ) , Sir William was certainly Shakspeare's god - son ; was likely , without any connection of this sort , to have been desirous of obtain- ing his resemblance , from admiration of his ...
... truth of which I have certainly no wish to contend ) , Sir William was certainly Shakspeare's god - son ; was likely , without any connection of this sort , to have been desirous of obtain- ing his resemblance , from admiration of his ...
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... truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon his mind , fomented as it was by correspond ...
... truth is , that he only adopted opinions which had been almost universally prevalent for more than a century before he wrote , and commencing his literary career with this im- pression upon his mind , fomented as it was by correspond ...
Page xxxvii
... Truth , ' constructed , indeed , one by history of Henry VIII , and , like that , full of shows ; but giving probably a different view of some of the leading incidents of that monarch's life . Shakspeare's Henry VIII , as Mr. Malone ...
... Truth , ' constructed , indeed , one by history of Henry VIII , and , like that , full of shows ; but giving probably a different view of some of the leading incidents of that monarch's life . Shakspeare's Henry VIII , as Mr. Malone ...
Page xxxviii
... Truth must be Shak- speare's Henry VIII . , for the titles of many of his plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If ...
... Truth must be Shak- speare's Henry VIII . , for the titles of many of his plays were changed in 1613 ; thus Henry IV . was called Hot- spur ; Much Ado About Nothing , Benedict and Beatrice , ' & c . What is this to the purpose ? If ...
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