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Vet. Auct. apud Suidam.

Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble Fabricks of other

Poets, passes without Injury by the Adamant of SHAKSPEARE.

Dr. Johnson's Preface.

MULTA DIES, VARIUSQUE LABOR MUTABILIS ÆVI

RETULIT IN MELIUS, MULTOS ALTERNA REVISENS

LUSIT, ET IN SOLIDO RURSUS FORTUNA LOCAVIT.

Virgil.

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EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

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VOL. I.

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Preface to Mr. Richardson's Proposals, &c. -

Proposals by William Richardson

Supplement to Proposals

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Advertisement by Mr. Steevens to edition of 1793 24

Rowe's Life of Shakspeare, &c.

57

Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys, &c.

120

Baptisms, Marriages, &c.

132

Shakspeare's Coat of Arms

146

Shakspeare's Mortgage

149

Shakspeare's Will

154

163

Dedication by Hemings and Condell

Preface by ditto

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168

by Pope

by Theobald

188

by Hanmer

222

226

by Warburton
by Johnson

245

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Preface by Capell

326

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