Poems: On Several Occasions (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Our author of Poems on Several Occasions manifests familiarity with the dramas of Shakespeare and an appreciation of his superiority. His praise of Shakespeare in an Americanbook. Appearing as early as l736, is worthy of notice. This may be the earliest reference, by an American writer, in which the genius of Shakespeare is recognized, and the Elizabethan stage commended.

For assistance in the preparation of the copy, acknow ledgment is made of the courtesy of Mr. Charles A. Bolton, librarian of the Boston Athenaeum.

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