The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 2C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... ancient writers . They took it from the French abysme , now written abime . So , in Heywood's Bra- zen Age , 1613 : And ... old copy reads- " And princess . " For the trivial change in the text I am answerable . Issued is descended . So ...
... ancient writers . They took it from the French abysme , now written abime . So , in Heywood's Bra- zen Age , 1613 : And ... old copy reads- " And princess . " For the trivial change in the text I am answerable . Issued is descended . So ...
Page 18
... old copy reads- " all hearts th ' state , " but redundantly in regard to metre , and unne- cessarily respecting sense ; for what hearts , except such as were i ' th ' state , could Alonso incline to his purposes ? I have followed the ...
... old copy reads- " all hearts th ' state , " but redundantly in regard to metre , and unne- cessarily respecting sense ; for what hearts , except such as were i ' th ' state , could Alonso incline to his purposes ? I have followed the ...
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... old copy reads- " into truth . " The necessary correction was made by Dr. Warburton . Steevens . Mr. Steevens justly observes that there is no correlative , & c . This observation has induced me to mend the passage , and to read : Who ...
... old copy reads- " into truth . " The necessary correction was made by Dr. Warburton . Steevens . Mr. Steevens justly observes that there is no correlative , & c . This observation has induced me to mend the passage , and to read : Who ...
Page 20
... old copy reads - " He was indeed the duke . " I have omitted the word indeed , for the sake of metre . The reader should place his emphasis on was . Steevens . 5 ( So dry he was for sway ) ] i . e . So thirsty . The expression , I am ...
... old copy reads - " He was indeed the duke . " I have omitted the word indeed , for the sake of metre . The reader should place his emphasis on was . Steevens . 5 ( So dry he was for sway ) ] i . e . So thirsty . The expression , I am ...
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... read - he being then appointed ; and so we should certainly now write : but the reading of the old copy is the true one , that mode of phraseology being the idiom of Shakspeare's time . So , in the Winter's Tale : 66 This your son - in ...
... read - he being then appointed ; and so we should certainly now write : but the reading of the old copy is the true one , that mode of phraseology being the idiom of Shakspeare's time . So , in the Winter's Tale : 66 This your son - in ...
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