The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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... occasion that any just writer could take , to form the judgment and taste of our nation . For of all English poets Shakspeare must be confessed to be the fairest and fullest subject for criticism , and to afford the most numerous , as ...
... occasion that any just writer could take , to form the judgment and taste of our nation . For of all English poets Shakspeare must be confessed to be the fairest and fullest subject for criticism , and to afford the most numerous , as ...
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... occasion of their removal , will feel some concern from the injustice of his proceeding . He is , however , inclined to believe , that what he has omitted will be pardoned by the reader ; and that the liberty which he has taken will not ...
... occasion of their removal , will feel some concern from the injustice of his proceeding . He is , however , inclined to believe , that what he has omitted will be pardoned by the reader ; and that the liberty which he has taken will not ...
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... occasion to mention in the notes on these plays , that omission is of all the errors of the press that which most frequently happens . On collating the fourth edition of King Richard III . printed in 1612 , with the second printed in ...
... occasion to mention in the notes on these plays , that omission is of all the errors of the press that which most frequently happens . On collating the fourth edition of King Richard III . printed in 1612 , with the second printed in ...
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