Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks Upon the Explanations and Amendments of the Commentators in the Editions of 1785, 1790, 1793 |
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| Title | Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks Upon the Explanations and Amendments of the Commentators in the Editions of 1785, 1790, 1793 |
| Author | John Howe Baron Chedworth |
| Editor | Thomas Penrice |
| Publisher | W. Bulmer and Company, 1805 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 375 pages |
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