Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Sund[erland?], to Thomas Hill [manuscript], 1799 May 12.

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Autograph letter signed from Capel Lofft, Sund[erland?], to Thomas Hill [manuscript], 1799 May 12.

Mentions that the volume of Rousseau seems to be deficient in the 2 last pages. Draws attention to "one of the most striking coincidences ... between a Greek epigram and a passage in Shakespeare" and quotes Merry wives of Windsor ("Divide me like a brib'd buck, each a haunch")

1 leaf ; 32 x 21 cm.

eng,

grc,

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SNAC Resource ID: 7556221

Folger Shakespeare Library

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