Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... present age than any other author equally remote , and among his other excellencies deferves to be ftudied as one of the original masters of our language . Thefe obfervations are to be confidered not as un- exceptionably constant , but ...
... present age than any other author equally remote , and among his other excellencies deferves to be ftudied as one of the original masters of our language . Thefe obfervations are to be confidered not as un- exceptionably constant , but ...
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... present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he folicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no fcruple to repeat the fame jefts in many dialogues , or to entangle different plots by ...
... present profit . When his plays had been acted , his hope was at an end ; he folicited no addition of honour from the reader . He therefore made no fcruple to repeat the fame jefts in many dialogues , or to entangle different plots by ...
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... . Mr. Steevens defires it may be obferved , that he has ftrictly complied with the terms exhibited in his propofals , having appropriated all fuch affiftances , as as he received , to the use of the present ADVERTISEMENT to the READER .
... . Mr. Steevens defires it may be obferved , that he has ftrictly complied with the terms exhibited in his propofals , having appropriated all fuch affiftances , as as he received , to the use of the present ADVERTISEMENT to the READER .
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... present editor , whose judgment has , in every inftance , determined on their refpective merits . While he enumerates his obliga- tions to his correfpondents , it is neceffary that one comprehenfive remark fhould be made on fuch com ...
... present editor , whose judgment has , in every inftance , determined on their refpective merits . While he enumerates his obliga- tions to his correfpondents , it is neceffary that one comprehenfive remark fhould be made on fuch com ...
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... presents fhall come ; William Dethick , Garter Principal King of Arms of England , and William Camden , alias Clarencieulx , King of Arms for the fouth , eaft , and weft parts of this realm , fend greet- ings . Know ye , that in all ...
... presents fhall come ; William Dethick , Garter Principal King of Arms of England , and William Camden , alias Clarencieulx , King of Arms for the fouth , eaft , and weft parts of this realm , fend greet- ings . Know ye , that in all ...
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Page 83 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
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