THE

DRAMATIC WORKS

OP

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE POET,
bes Binarid: 522P 27!!",

AND

NOTES,

ORIGINAL AND SELECTED;

TOGETHER WITH

A Copious Glossarq.

VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:
HOGAN & THOMPSON.

1851.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE . . . . . . Page 5

THE TEMPEST . . . . . . . . . 17

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . . . . . 73

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . . . . . 129

TWELFTU NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL . . 195

MEASURE FOR MEASURE . . . . . . 257

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING . . . . . . 327

MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM . . . . . 391

LOVE'S LABOR’S LOST . . . . . . 445

MERCHANT OF VENICE. . . . .

AS YOU LIKE IT . . . . . . . . . 579

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . . . . 645

EXPLANATORY NOTES. . . . . . . . 717

513

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