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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Page 55
... publick or private : these meeting with little en- couragement from men of account in the trade ( who , even in this enlightened age , are not the very worst judges or rewarders of merit , ) apply themselves to people of condition ; and ...
... publick or private : these meeting with little en- couragement from men of account in the trade ( who , even in this enlightened age , are not the very worst judges or rewarders of merit , ) apply themselves to people of condition ; and ...
Page 195
... publick favour by this plea : but as these , in my opinion , have in some particulars been over- rated , and in others not sufficiently insisted on , and as the true state of the ancient copies of this poet's writings has never been ...
... publick favour by this plea : but as these , in my opinion , have in some particulars been over- rated , and in others not sufficiently insisted on , and as the true state of the ancient copies of this poet's writings has never been ...
Page 410
... publick . All the boxes for Mrs. Macklin's benefit , it should seem , were not yet taken ; and the town was not quite so anxi- ous as might have been expected , to see this transcendent and incomparable secular tragedy ; though it was ...
... publick . All the boxes for Mrs. Macklin's benefit , it should seem , were not yet taken ; and the town was not quite so anxi- ous as might have been expected , to see this transcendent and incomparable secular tragedy ; though it was ...
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