The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page ii
... , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and his best copies too often exhibit a general instead of a particular resemblance . * Nor does the fame piece of ancient scandal derive 11 ADVERTISEMENT .
... , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and his best copies too often exhibit a general instead of a particular resemblance . * Nor does the fame piece of ancient scandal derive 11 ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xii
... instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of the publishers of single plays in quarto , or their successors , the edi- tors of the first folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a ...
... instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of the publishers of single plays in quarto , or their successors , the edi- tors of the first folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the suggestions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a ...
Page xiv
... , because it introduces obfcurity instead of light . To render Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our opinion , the 66 1 surest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
... , because it introduces obfcurity instead of light . To render Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our opinion , the 66 1 surest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xvi
... instead of a timid and servile adherence to an- cient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they furnish no real help , that a future editor , well acquainted with the phraseology of our author's age , should be at liberty ...
... instead of a timid and servile adherence to an- cient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they furnish no real help , that a future editor , well acquainted with the phraseology of our author's age , should be at liberty ...
Page xxxi
... instead of wind , Stables instead of stable , fefssions instead of Session , fins . instead of fin and ( we shudder while we recite the accusation ) my instead of mine . * fuch small deer “ " Have been our food for many a year ; so long ...
... instead of wind , Stables instead of stable , fefssions instead of Session , fins . instead of fin and ( we shudder while we recite the accusation ) my instead of mine . * fuch small deer “ " Have been our food for many a year ; so long ...
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