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Shakspeare. "When I said I would die a bachelor, (cries Benedick,) I did not think I should live till I were married." The present editor of Shakspeare may urge a kindred apology in defence of an opinion hazarded in his prefatory advertisement; for when he declared his disbelief in the existence of a genuine likeness of our great dramatick writer, he most certainly did not suppose any portrait of that description could have occurred, and much less that he himself should have been instrumental in producing it. ...
Steevens, George, 1736-1800.Date: 1794]- Books
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[George Steevens correspondence].
Steevens, George, 1736-1800Date: 2008-- Books
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Bibliotheca Steevensiana. A catalogue of the curious and valuable library of George Steevens, Esq. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies, (lately Deceased.) Comprehending an extraordinary fine Collection of Books, in Classical, Philological, Historical, Old English and General Literature; many of which are extremely scarce, and the whole in fine condition. Which will be sold by auction, (by Order of the Executrix.) by Mr. King, At his Great Room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Tuesday, May 13, 1800, and Ten following Days. To begin precisely at Twelve O'Clock. To be Viewed on Wednesday, May 7, to the Time of Sale. Catalogues (price 2s 6d.) may be had of Messrs. Cooke, Hanwell and Parker at Oxford, Mr. Deighton at Cambridge, and at the Place of Sale. A few Copies are printed on large paper, price 5s.
King, Thomas.Date: [1800]- Books
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To the public. Had the last editor of the plays of Shakespeare met with the assistance he had reason to expect from the public, in aid of his own great abilities, all further attempts at the illustration of that author, had been as unnecessary as vain. ...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.Date: 1766]- Books
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A letter to George Hardinge, Esq. on the subject of a passage in Mr. Stevens's preface to his impression of Shakespeare.
Collins, John, 1741-1797.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]