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Page i - Revisal of Shakspeare's Text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics are particularly considered,
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| Title | A Revisal of Shakespear's Text: Wherein the Alterations Introduced Into it by the More Modern Editors and Critics, are Particularly Considered Volume 1 of A Revisal of Shakespear's Text,: Wherein the Alterations Introduced Into it by the More Modern Editors and Critics, are Particularly Considered, William Johnston |
| Author | Benjamin Heath |
| Publisher | W. Johnston, 1765 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 573 pages |
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