Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) eBook

Lewis Theobald
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 68 pages of information about Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734).

Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) eBook

Lewis Theobald
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 68 pages of information about Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734).

10.  Corbyn Morris’ Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
    etc.
(1744). (I, 4) [#16233]

11.  Thomas Purney’s Discourse on the Pastoral (1717). (II, 4) [#15313]

12.  Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
    Krutch. (III, 4) [#16335]

Third Year (1948-1949)

13.  Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), The Theatre (1720). (IV, 1) [#15999]

14.  Edward Moore’s The Gamester (1753). (V, 1) [#16267]

15.  John Oldmixon’s Reflections on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley
    (1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’s The British Academy (1712). (VI, 1)

16.  Nevil Payne’s Fatal Jealousy (1673). (V, 2)

17.  Nicholas Rowe’s Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear
    (1709). (Extra Series, 1) [#16275]

18.  Aaron Hill’s Preface to The Creation; and Thomas Brereton’s
    Preface to Esther. (IV, 2) [#15870]

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[Transcriber’s Corrections: 

ARS title page:  Publication Number 20
text reads 19, corrected by hand to 20.  “Number 20” agrees with
later years’ ARS publication lists.

vii:  before he could write full Many.
text reads Man .

  xxiv:  that surprizing Knowledge of human Nature
    text reads surpizing

  xlii:  its Causes, (which takes in a great Number
    text has blank space before “which” at beginning of line

  lv:  the Look of a Visor
    text reads the Look o a with extra blank space

Also Noted: 

  xii:  intirely synonomous Terms
    spelling “synonomous” as in original

  xvii:  the Stanza’s sung by the Gravedigger
    apostrophe in original

  xxiii:  frustraq; laboret
    abbreviation “q;” (-que) as in original

  xxxvii:  Sidenote:  The old Editions faulty, whence.
    exact text as in original

  lxi:  For Safety lent him on the watry Waste,
    no apostrophe in “watry"

  ARS List of Publications:  Preface to Shakespeare’s Works
    wording as in original ]

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