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The Beauties of Shakspear

The Beauties of Shakspear

Dodd, William

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesShakespeare

ISBN10: 1608881229
ISBN13: 9781608881222
Publisher: Nimble Books
Published: Apr 23 2011
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.34
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
William Dodd (29 May 1729 - 27 June 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman and a man of letters. He lived extravagantly, and was nicknamed the Macaroni Parson. He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted, and, despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery. The Beauties of Shakespear was his most successful book and played a key role in reviving Shakespeare's popularity. This is a facsimile edition.

From the author's preface to this collection of Greatest Hits

I shall not attempt any labored encomiums of Shakspeare, or endeavor to set forth his perfections, at a time when such universal and just applause is paid him, and when every tongue is big with his boundless fame. He himself tells us -

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,

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