The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page vii
... fome ancient prejudices in its favour may still exist , and for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c . of Shakspeare , because the strongest act of Parliament that could be framed , would fail to ...
... fome ancient prejudices in its favour may still exist , and for that reason only it is preserved . We have not reprinted the Sonnets , & c . of Shakspeare , because the strongest act of Parliament that could be framed , would fail to ...
Page xii
... fome tragedies and comedies which , when opportunity offered , they designed to publish for their own emolument , they re- doubled their solicitude to withhold the reft , and were but too fuccess- ful in their precaution . " Thank ...
... fome tragedies and comedies which , when opportunity offered , they designed to publish for their own emolument , they re- doubled their solicitude to withhold the reft , and were but too fuccess- ful in their precaution . " Thank ...
Page xvi
... fome occafions a confirmed treason against the sense , spirit , and verfification of Shakspeare . All these circumstances confidered , it is time , instead of a timid and servile adherence to an- cient copies , when ( offending against ...
... fome occafions a confirmed treason against the sense , spirit , and verfification of Shakspeare . All these circumstances confidered , it is time , instead of a timid and servile adherence to an- cient copies , when ( offending against ...
Page xx
... fome ivy of each individual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak , though not enough , as at present , to ... fome know- ledge ; and yet he by whom a thousand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's ...
... fome ivy of each individual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak , though not enough , as at present , to ... fome know- ledge ; and yet he by whom a thousand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's ...
Page xxi
... fome points we fundamentally disagree ; for . instance , concerning his metamorphosis of monofyllables ( like burn , fworn , worn , here and there , arms and charms , ) into ' difsfyllables ; his contraction of dif- fyllables ( like ...
... fome points we fundamentally disagree ; for . instance , concerning his metamorphosis of monofyllables ( like burn , fworn , worn , here and there , arms and charms , ) into ' difsfyllables ; his contraction of dif- fyllables ( like ...
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