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- ↑ Thompson, Ann (Summer 1998). "Teena Rochfort Smith, Frederick Furnivall, and the New Shakespere Society's Four-Text Edition of Hamlet". Shakespeare Quarterly. 49 (2): 125–139. doi:10.2307/2902297. JSTOR 2902297.
- ↑ Shakspere Allusion Books Part I. 1874. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ↑ The succession of Shakespere's works and the use of metrical tests in settling it. 1874. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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