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Shakespeare-Notes (Classic Reprint)

Author : F. A. Leo
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428835705
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare-Notes (Classic Reprint) written by F. A. Leo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare-Notes Instead of the word statue in the last line, changes have been proposed, e.g., sainted, statued, stated, &c., and there is no reason decidedly to pro nounce any one of them as wrong, but neither is there any to declare them as right. N 0 one of them bears the convincing stamp of Shakespeare. This poet likes to squeeze the lemon of his puns to the last drop, and as the lawyer - if a crime has been committed - asks, 0a est la femme? A Shakespearian scholar, if he has to deal with an unintelligible line of the text, must ask, Where is the pith of the quibble? Where is the antithesis Here the pun lies in the word shadow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes and Essays on Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : John W. Hales
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330534984
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Notes and Essays on Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by John W. Hales and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes and Essays on Shakespeare Seeing our dearth of information about Shakespeare is so great, nothing that may be of the slightest value ought to be neglected; and so it may be worth while to consider what scenes and sights may have been familiar to him in his journeyings to and fro from Stratford to London. The transit can be accomplished now in four or five hours; but it was no such light matter in the Elizabethan age. The distance is some 100 miles (by Oxford 94), and probably under ordinary circumstances would occupy four or five days to traverse, though no doubt, under pressure, a less time might suffice. These periods would certainly form notable epochs in the poet's life. What a change from "the smoke and uproar and riches of Rome"! No doubt he would seldom travel alone. Perils from robbers were too common and too serious to encourage that practice. But yet he would often be lonely enough; and many a thought after wards embodied in immortal shape must have occurred to him during these long hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Scattered Notes on the Text of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Jacob Gilbert Herr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267543069
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Scattered Notes on the Text of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Jacob Gilbert Herr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scattered Notes on the d104 of Shakespeare It is to be hoped some few of the corrections and render ings will be accepted as right and fully proven; in which case it is further hoped they will be deemed to counter balance the many mistakes the reader may discover. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Stray Notes on the Text of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Wellesley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267694419
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book Stray Notes on the Text of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Wellesley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stray Notes on the d104 of Shakespeare This is the present received text; in which senna represented to be an emendation by Rowe. In the First Folio it stands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes Upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint)

Author : Fanny Kemble
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330695432
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (954 download)

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Book Synopsis Notes Upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint) by : Fanny Kemble

Download or read book Notes Upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint) written by Fanny Kemble and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes Upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays Things dramatic and things theatrical are often confounded together in the minds of English people, who, being for the most part neither the one nor the other, speak and write of them as if they were identical, instead of, as they are, so dissimilar that they are nearly opposite. That which is dramatic in human nature is the passionate, emotional, humorous element, the simplest portion of our composition, after our mere instincts, to which it is closely allied, and this has no relation whatever, beyond its momentary excitement and gratification, to that which imitates it, and is its theatrical reproduction; the dramatic is the real, of which the theatrical is the false. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528456838
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Sonnets written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare's Sonnets: Edited, With Notes I have given special attention to Mr. Lee's theories of the Sonnets, partly because he has developed and defended them at such length in his Life of Shakespeare (quite out of proportion to the space allotted to other controverted questions of importance), and partly be cause his book is, in most other respects, so scholarly and authoritative. As in all cases where I disagree with other authors, I have endeavoured to state Mr. Lee's opinions and arguments fairly - generally in his own words - and as fully as the space at my command would permit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Some Notes on Shakespeare's Stage and Plays (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Poel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267944644
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (446 download)

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Book Synopsis Some Notes on Shakespeare's Stage and Plays (Classic Reprint) by : William Poel

Download or read book Some Notes on Shakespeare's Stage and Plays (Classic Reprint) written by William Poel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Notes on Shakespeare's Stage and Plays The texts are reproduced in extenso, and comprise many interesting Biblical, liturgical, classical papyri, and non-literary documents of an official or legal character ranging from the third century b.c. To the sixth century a.o. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332771059
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare: With Notes Illustrative and Explanatory The book is printed with remarkable accuracy, doubtless from the author's manuscript. A second quarto edition was published in 1594, the title page of which differs from that of the first only in the date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice: Edited, with Notes (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332131535
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice: Edited, with Notes (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice: Edited, With Notes As I stated in the original preface, the book was planned and nearly completed more than three years earlier, but was laid aside for other work and not taken up again until the summer of 1870. Meanwhile the notes had been used with classes in school and out of school, and received such revision as was suggested by that experience and by further study of Shakespeare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays

Author : John Payne Collier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365481621
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays written by John Payne Collier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays: From Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio, 1632, in Possession of J. Payne Collier I lost no time in thanking Mr. Moore for these tidings, and in writing to Mr. Parry for all the particulars within his knowledge. Unfortunately the latter gentleman, just before he received my note, had met with a serious injury, which confined him to his bed, so that he was unable to send me any reply. For about ten days I remained in suspense, but at last I determined to wait upon Mr. Moore to inquire whether he was aware of any reason why I had not received an answer from Mr. Parry. He accounted for the silence of that gentle man on the ground of his recent accident; and as Mr. Moore was confident that Mr. Parry was correct in the conclusion that my folio, 1632, had formerly belonged to him, he ad vised me to call upon him, being sure that he would be glad to satisfy me upon every point. I accordingly hastened to St. John's Wood, and had the pleasure of an interview with Mr. Parry, who, without the slightest reserve, gave me such an account of the book as made it certain that it was the same which, some fifty years ago, had been presented to him by a connexion of his family, Mr. George Gray. Mr. Parry described both the exterior and interior of the volume, with its innumerable corrections and its missing leaves, with so much minuteness that no room was left for doubt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shakespeare

Author : Katharine Lee Bates
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333317348
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare written by Katharine Lee Bates and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography and Biographical Notes Titus Andronicus. Ac. Jan. 23, 1594. S. R. Feb. 6, 1594. Pr. 1594, 1600, 1611. Robertson, J. M. Did Shakespeare write Titus Androni cus? 1905. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Cæsar

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267202287
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Cæsar written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Edited, With Notes Minor Changes have been made throughout the Notes. Some have been condensed, some have been expanded, and new ones have been added here and there. All references to my editions of other plays have been omitted, their place being supplied by independent notes. Though no radical Changes have been made in the original plan, the present edition is substantially a new book, and many teachers will, I think, prefer it to the old one. Both, however, can be used, without serious inconvenience, in the same class or Club. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Notes, Criticism, and Correspondence Upon Shakespeare's Plays and Actors (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Henry Hackett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260599391
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Notes, Criticism, and Correspondence Upon Shakespeare's Plays and Actors (Classic Reprint) written by James Henry Hackett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes, Criticism, and Correspondence Upon Shakespeare's Plays and Actors The sketches and essays which occupy the follow ing pages, necessarily partaking more or less of a personal character - the author so often Speaking of his own experience or observations - there would seem to be required no further preface at his hands. He cannot, however, neglect to avail himself of the time-honored privilege of saying a word to the reader, were it only to exchange the customary form of salu tation when meeting. For he would have his book regarded not as an elaborate attempt at authorship to which he makes no pretensions - but in the spirit of a familiar and friendly, yet earnest conversation, when one is listened to with partiality, as he discourses upon topics of admitted interest, or revises the traits of those whom the world has been accustomed to admire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Mystery of William Shakespeare

Author : Thomas E. Webb
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267657308
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of William Shakespeare written by Thomas E. Webb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence Some Account of the Less Notable Features of the South African War from the Point of View of the Australian Ranks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331581713
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book The Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare: With Glossarial and Other Notes Dan're's vmz comedy (longfellow's translation). Oliver goldsm'm's works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334051845
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Macbeth: Edited, With Notes I have likewise omitted most of the Critical Com ments from the introduction and elsewhere, as the books from which they were taken are now generally accessible in public and school libraries. For these extracts I have substituted comments of my own, in the course of which I have attempted to settle some ques tions that have been much discussed, but, to my think ing, never satisfactorily answered. I have endeavoured to show how Shakespeare himself answers them, instead of reading into the play what is not there, as some excellent critics seem to me to have done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Johnson on Shakespeare

Author : Walter Raleigh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330673010
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Johnson on Shakespeare written by Walter Raleigh and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Johnson on Shakespeare: Essays and Notes Selected, and Set Forth The history of Johnson's dealings with Shakespeare extends over the greater part of his working life. An edition of Shakespeare was the earliest of his larger literary schemes. In 1745, when he was earning a scanty living by work for the booksellers, he published a pamphlet entitled Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth, with remarks on Sir T. H.'s (Sir Thomas Hanmer's) Edition of Shakespeare. To this pamphlet, says Boswell, he affixed proposals for a new edition by himself. He had certainly announced these proposals in the advertisements, but no copy of the pamphlet can be found which contains them. It seems likely that after he had advertised his intention, he was discouraged, and changed his mind. When he first thought of editing Shakespeare, he believed that he had only Rowe and Pope and Theobald to contend with and to supersede. Then, while his notes on Macbeth were in the press, Hanmer's edition appeared, and it became known to him that the great Warburton was engaged on the same task. Johnson allowed the specimen of his projected edition to go forward, but probably did not print any formal proposals. If any were printed, they are lost. The proposals of 1756 cannot have been written at this earlier date, for in them Johnson speaks, with a certain pride, of his labours on the Dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.