The Plays of William Shakspeare

THE

PLAYS

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE

IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMEŠ:

WITH

THE CORRECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

VARIOUS COMMENTATORS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

NOTE S,

SAMUEL JOHNSON AND GEORGE STEEVENS.

THE FIFTH EDITION.

REVISED AND AUGMENTED

BY ISAAC REED,

WITH A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

ΤΗΣ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΗΝ, ΤΟΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΟΝ ΑΠΟΒΡΕΧΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΝΟΥΝ.

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 VI
RETULIT IN MELIUS, MULTOS ALTERNA REVISENS
LUSIT, ET IN SOLIDO RURSUS FORTUNA LOCAVIT.

Virgil.

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