THE

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WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

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LEFT BY THE LATE

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A SELECTION OF

EXPLANATORY AND HISTORICAL NOTES,

FROM THE MOST EMINENT COMMENTATORS;

A History of the Stage, and a Life of Shakspeare;

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ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F.S.A.

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