Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].

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Volume 1 Volume front matter TO THE READER. [secondary verse] Title page Title page PREFACE. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. ANCIENT TRANSLATIONS FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS. APPENDIX To Mr. Colman's Translation of Terence, Octavo Edition. THE DEDICATION of the PLAYERS. TO THE MOST NOBLE AND INCOMPARABLE PAIRE OF BRETHREN, WILLIAM Earle of Pembroke , &c. Lord Chamberlaine to the Kings most Excellent Majestie; AND PHILIP Earle of Montgomery , &c. Gentleman of his Majesties Bed-chamber. Both Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and our singular good LORDS. THE PREFACE OF THE PLAYERS. To the great Variety of Readers . Mr. POPE's PREFACE. Mr. THEOBALD's * [Footnote: Sir T. HANMER's PREFACE. Dr. WARBURTON's PREFACE. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. SOME Account of the Life , &c. OF Mr. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Written by Mr. ROWE. The following Instrument was transmitted by John Anstis, Esq. Garter King at Arms: It is mark'd G. 13. p. 349. The Licence for acting, granted by James the First to the Company at the Globe, extracted from Rymer's Fœdera . SHAKESPEARE's WILL, To the foregoing Accounts of Shakespeare's Life , I have only one Passage to add, which Mr. Pope related, as communicated to him by Mr. Rowe. Ancient and Modern Commendatory Verses on SHAKESPEARE. Names of the original Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare: From the Folio, 1623. A LIST OF SUCH ANCIENT EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE's PLAYS, as have hitherto been met with by his different Editors. FOLIO EDITIONS. MODERN EDITIONS. OLD EDITIONS of Shakespeare 's POEMS. MODERN EDITIONS. LIST of PLAYS alter'd from Shakespeare . INVENIES ETIAM DISJECTI MEMBRA POETAE. LIST of Detached PIECES of CRITICISM on SHAKESPEARE, his Editors, &c. EXTRACTS of ENTRIES ON THE Books of the Stationers' Company. AN ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE PLAYS attributed to SHAKESPEARE were Written. PLAYS, &c. contained in each Volume . ERRATA. DIRECTIONS to the BINDER.

TEMPEST. Introductory matter ACT I. SCENE I. SCENE II. ACT II. SCENE I. SCENE II. ACT III. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. ACT IV. SCENE I. ACT V. SCENE I.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Introductory matter ACT I. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. ACT II. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VII. ACT III. SCENE I. SCENE II. ACT IV. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. ACT V. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III.

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Introductory matter ACT I. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. ACT II. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. ACT III. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VI. ACT V. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. Volume back matter

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