Imperfect Hints Towards a New Edition of ShakespearePrinted at the Logographic Press, by J. Walter, for the author, and sold by J. Robson, 1787 |
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... must feem prefumptuous in me to obtrude my weak efforts on the public , or to think that any of the enfuing pages would give rife to any change or alteration for the still further improvement of this projected edition . I do not suppose ...
... must feem prefumptuous in me to obtrude my weak efforts on the public , or to think that any of the enfuing pages would give rife to any change or alteration for the still further improvement of this projected edition . I do not suppose ...
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... must be supposed to have fometimes had . The face on the Stratford monument bears very little , if any refemblance , to that at Westminster ; the air of it is indeed fomewhat thoughtful , but then it feems to arife from a chearfulness ...
... must be supposed to have fometimes had . The face on the Stratford monument bears very little , if any refemblance , to that at Westminster ; the air of it is indeed fomewhat thoughtful , but then it feems to arife from a chearfulness ...
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... must see the rich ornaments to M. de Loutherbourg's pleafing print to this play - for what ornaments can fo chaftly apply as the bugle - horn , the fpear , and bow , to wound the poor fequeftered ftag ? IN the Vignette to Henry VIII ...
... must see the rich ornaments to M. de Loutherbourg's pleafing print to this play - for what ornaments can fo chaftly apply as the bugle - horn , the fpear , and bow , to wound the poor fequeftered ftag ? IN the Vignette to Henry VIII ...
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... must entreat the reader's pardon for dwelling fo much on this fubje & t ; but my only motive for offering this profpectus is , a wish to throw in my mite of service towards that undertaking , which is now formed in ho- nour of our poet ...
... must entreat the reader's pardon for dwelling fo much on this fubje & t ; but my only motive for offering this profpectus is , a wish to throw in my mite of service towards that undertaking , which is now formed in ho- nour of our poet ...
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... must be left to the imagination of each artist . How pleasingly might an artist amuse himself , in painting Fancy Por traits of Shakespeare , ( at whole length ) as at the time of compofing or conceiving fome of those various and ...
... must be left to the imagination of each artist . How pleasingly might an artist amuse himself , in painting Fancy Por traits of Shakespeare , ( at whole length ) as at the time of compofing or conceiving fome of those various and ...
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againſt appear artiſt attitude beautiful Bell's first edition Bell's laft beſt character Cibber Colley Cibber Conftance Coriolanus countenance defcribed defign drawn drefs dreſs engraved exhibit expreffion expreffive eyes faid fairies fame fancy fays fcene feems feen felect fhall fhew fhould figure fimilar firſt fituations fome fomewhat forrow foul Fourdrinier fpeaks fpirit fubject fuch furniſh fweet Garrick genius give grace half-length Hanmer hath head Head-piece heart Helen Henry himſelf Hubert intereſting Juliet King laft edition laſt lefs lines look Loutherbourg Macklin mafter merit metzotinto moft moſt muft muſt ornament paffages paffions painted painter pencil perfon perufal Petruchio picture play pleafing pleaſing poet poffeffed portrait prefent publiſhed purpoſe racter refpect reprefented Romeo Romeo and Juliet ſaying ſcene ſeen Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe Shylock ſketch ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtage ſtrike Tail-piece thee thefe Theobald theſe thofe thoſe thou tomb Tybalt Vignette whofe wiſh
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