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Steevens, George, 1736-1800.

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    To the public. Had the last editor of the plays of Shakespeare met with the assistance he had reason to expect from the public, in aid of his own great abilities, all further attempts at the illustration of that author, had been as unnecessary as vain. ..

    Steevens, George, 1736-1800. | Date: 1766]
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    Shakspeare. "When I said I would die a bachelor, (cries Benedick,) I did not think I should live till I were married." The present editor of Shakspeare may urge a kindred apology in defence of an opinion hazarded in his prefatory advertisement; for when he declared his disbelief in the existence of a genuine likeness of our great dramatick writer, he most certainly did not suppose any portrait of that description could have occurred, and much less that he himself should have been instrumental in producing it. ..

    Steevens, George, 1736-1800. | Date: 1794]

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism, Textual.

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