Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of WindsorC. Bathurst, 1773 |
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... whofe excellence of any kind has been loudly celebrated , are ready to conclude , that their powers are univerfal . Pope's edition fell below his own ex- pectations , and he was fo much offended , when he was found to have left any ...
... whofe excellence of any kind has been loudly celebrated , are ready to conclude , that their powers are univerfal . Pope's edition fell below his own ex- pectations , and he was fo much offended , when he was found to have left any ...
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... whofe diligent perufal of the old English writers has enabled him to make fome ufeful obfervations . What he undertook he has well enough performed , but as he neither attempts judicial nor emendatory criticifin , he employs rather his ...
... whofe diligent perufal of the old English writers has enabled him to make fome ufeful obfervations . What he undertook he has well enough performed , but as he neither attempts judicial nor emendatory criticifin , he employs rather his ...
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... whofe construction contributes fo much to perfpicuity , that Homer has fewer paffages unintelligible than Chaucer . The words have not only a known regi- men , but invariable quantities , which direct and con- fine the choice . There ...
... whofe construction contributes fo much to perfpicuity , that Homer has fewer paffages unintelligible than Chaucer . The words have not only a known regi- men , but invariable quantities , which direct and con- fine the choice . There ...
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... jeft - book , the fatire , or the play ; and the novel , whofe fashion did not outlive a week , is fometimes neceffary to throw [ E 4 ] light throw light on thofe annals which take in the compafs ADVERTISEMENT to the READER .
... jeft - book , the fatire , or the play ; and the novel , whofe fashion did not outlive a week , is fometimes neceffary to throw [ E 4 ] light throw light on thofe annals which take in the compafs ADVERTISEMENT to the READER .
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... whofe con- jectures are limited by narrow bounds , and who gives only what he at least fuppofes his author to have written . If it is not to be expected that each vitiated paffage in Shakespeare can be reftored , till a greater latitude ...
... whofe con- jectures are limited by narrow bounds , and who gives only what he at least fuppofes his author to have written . If it is not to be expected that each vitiated paffage in Shakespeare can be reftored , till a greater latitude ...
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