The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page ix
... muft alfo acknowledge , that unless in particular inftances , where the voice of the publick had decided against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hesitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with fuperftitious reve ...
... muft alfo acknowledge , that unless in particular inftances , where the voice of the publick had decided against the remarks of Dr. Johnson , they have hesitated to displace them ; and had rather be charged with fuperftitious reve ...
Page xviii
... be suspected , and therefore muft remain unexpelled . To other defects of our late editions may be fubjoined , as not the leaft notorious , an exuberance 1 of comment . Our fituation has not unaptly resembled xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
... be suspected , and therefore muft remain unexpelled . To other defects of our late editions may be fubjoined , as not the leaft notorious , an exuberance 1 of comment . Our fituation has not unaptly resembled xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xxi
... muft not iffue into the world without particular and ample acknowledgements of the benefit it has derived from the labours of the last editor , whose attention , diligence , and spirit of enquiry , have very far exceeded thofe of the ...
... muft not iffue into the world without particular and ample acknowledgements of the benefit it has derived from the labours of the last editor , whose attention , diligence , and spirit of enquiry , have very far exceeded thofe of the ...
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... muft awhile folicit the reader's attention . The following conjectural account of the publica- tion of this fecond folio ( about which no certainty can be obtained ( perhaps is not very remote from truth . When the predeceffor of it ...
... muft awhile folicit the reader's attention . The following conjectural account of the publica- tion of this fecond folio ( about which no certainty can be obtained ( perhaps is not very remote from truth . When the predeceffor of it ...
Page xxxiv
... muft occafionally have been overwatched , and the readieft knowledge intercepted . The fight of the editors , indeed , was too much fatigued to encourage their engagement in fo laborious a revifion ; and they are likewife convinced that ...
... muft occafionally have been overwatched , and the readieft knowledge intercepted . The fight of the editors , indeed , was too much fatigued to encourage their engagement in fo laborious a revifion ; and they are likewife convinced that ...
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