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PLAYS

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WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

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PL A Y S

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

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AND A SELECTION

OF EXPLANATORY AND HISTORICAL NOTES,

From the most eminent Commentators;
A History of the Stage, a Life of Shakspeare, &c.

BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A. M.

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