Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrew.- v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.- v.5 King John. King Richrd II. King Henry IV, parts I-II.- v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, parts I-III.- v.7 King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v.8. Julius Cæsar. Anthony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. OthelloC. Bathurst, 1778 |
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... reft of the world ; by the peculiarities of ftudies or pro- feffions , which can operate but upon finall numbers ; or by the accidents of tranfient fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the genuine progeny of common . humanity ...
... reft of the world ; by the peculiarities of ftudies or pro- feffions , which can operate but upon finall numbers ; or by the accidents of tranfient fashions or temporary opinions ; they are the genuine progeny of common . humanity ...
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... reft a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakespeare in the late editions , the greater part were not pub- lished till about feven years after his death , and the ...
... reft a better destiny , by giving them to the world in their genuine state . Of the plays which bear the name of Shakespeare in the late editions , the greater part were not pub- lished till about feven years after his death , and the ...
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... reft only deviate from it by the printer's negligence . Whoever has any of the folios has all , excepting those diverfities which mere reiteration of editions will produce . I collated them all at the beginning , but afterwards ufed ...
... reft only deviate from it by the printer's negligence . Whoever has any of the folios has all , excepting those diverfities which mere reiteration of editions will produce . I collated them all at the beginning , but afterwards ufed ...
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... reft , that he thought himself allowed to extend a little further the licence , which had already been carried fo far without repre- henfion ; and of his corrections in general , it must be confeffed , that they are often juft , and ...
... reft , that he thought himself allowed to extend a little further the licence , which had already been carried fo far without repre- henfion ; and of his corrections in general , it must be confeffed , that they are often juft , and ...
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... - book . Some initiation is however neceffary ; of all skill , part is infufed by precept , and part is obtained by habit ; I have therefore fhewn fo much [ D4 ] as as may the reft . enable the candidate of criticifm PREFACE . 55.
... - book . Some initiation is however neceffary ; of all skill , part is infufed by precept , and part is obtained by habit ; I have therefore fhewn fo much [ D4 ] as as may the reft . enable the candidate of criticifm PREFACE . 55.
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