The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page xii
... quarto , or their successors , the edi- tors of the first folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the suggestions ... quartos of Macbeth , Antony and Cleopatra , All's well that ends well , & c . been sent into the world , froın ...
... quarto , or their successors , the edi- tors of the first folio ; that we have fometimes fol- lowed the suggestions ... quartos of Macbeth , Antony and Cleopatra , All's well that ends well , & c . been sent into the world , froın ...
Page xvi
... quartos and folios , configned to us by a set of people who were wholly uninstructed in the com- mon forms of style , orthography and punctuation . – We do not therefore hesitate to affirm , that a blind fidelity to the eldest printed ...
... quartos and folios , configned to us by a set of people who were wholly uninstructed in the com- mon forms of style , orthography and punctuation . – We do not therefore hesitate to affirm , that a blind fidelity to the eldest printed ...
Page xvii
... quartos enough remaining for the use of antiquarian or critical travellers , to whom a jolt over a rugged pavement may be more delectable than an easy passage over a smooth one , though they both conduct to the fame object . To a reader ...
... quartos enough remaining for the use of antiquarian or critical travellers , to whom a jolt over a rugged pavement may be more delectable than an easy passage over a smooth one , though they both conduct to the fame object . To a reader ...
Page xxiii
... quarto and folio editions . The folio therefore of 1623 , corrected from one or both the authorities above mentioned , we conceive to have been the basis of its fucceffor in 1632 . At the fame time , however , a fresh and abun- dant ...
... quarto and folio editions . The folio therefore of 1623 , corrected from one or both the authorities above mentioned , we conceive to have been the basis of its fucceffor in 1632 . At the fame time , however , a fresh and abun- dant ...
Page xxxii
... quarto and folio - mongers , have still left fufficient work for a race of commentators who are yet unborn . Be it remembered also , that the afssistants and 1 adversaries of editors , enjoy one material advan- tage over xxxii ...
... quarto and folio - mongers , have still left fufficient work for a race of commentators who are yet unborn . Be it remembered also , that the afssistants and 1 adversaries of editors , enjoy one material advan- tage over xxxii ...
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