THE

PLAYS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES.

WITH

THE CORRECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

VARIOUS COMMENTATORS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

NOTE S,

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON AND GEORGE STEEVENS.

REVISED AND AUGMENTED

BY ISAAC REED,

WITH A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

THE SIXTH EDITION.

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 ÆVI

RETULIT IN MELIUS, MULTOS ALTERNA REVISENS

LUSIT, ET IN SOLIDO RURSUS FORTUNA LOCAVIT.

Virgil.

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

Proposals by William Richardson

Supplement to Proposals

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Rowe's Life of Shakspeare, &c.

Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys, &c.

Baptisms, Marriages, &c.

Shakspeare's Coat of Arms

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VOL. II.

Dr. Farmer's Essay on the Learning of Shak-

speare

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Colman's Remarks on it

Ancient Translations from Classick Authors -

Entries of Shakspeare's Plays on the Sta-

tioners' Books

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List of ancient Editions of Shakspeare's Plays 139

List of modern Editions

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148

List of detached Pieces of Criticism on Shak-

speare, his Editors, &c.

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Commendatory Verses on Shakspeare

167

Malone's Attempt to ascertain the Order of

Shakspeare's Plays

Malone's Essay on Ford's Pamphlet, &c.

Steevens's Remarks on it

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VOL. III.