The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... Shakespeare . The greatest difficulty in reading lies in a discovery of those words which are in opposition to something not expressed but understood : and if emphasis does not improve it always vitiates the sense ; and , therefore ...
... Shakespeare . The greatest difficulty in reading lies in a discovery of those words which are in opposition to something not expressed but understood : and if emphasis does not improve it always vitiates the sense ; and , therefore ...
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... Shakespeare and Siddons , " the interdiction of the theatre , ” the synonimy of " the playhouse " with " every species of abomina- tion , " and its " connexion with sin and Satan . " Not to repeat what I have already stated , that ...
... Shakespeare and Siddons , " the interdiction of the theatre , ” the synonimy of " the playhouse " with " every species of abomina- tion , " and its " connexion with sin and Satan . " Not to repeat what I have already stated , that ...
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