The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1Rwington, 1821 |
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... Malone had himself brought to a final completion the work upon which he had been for so many years assi- duously employed , the name of that distinguished critick would have been a sufficient recommendation ; and I should not have ...
... Malone had himself brought to a final completion the work upon which he had been for so many years assi- duously employed , the name of that distinguished critick would have been a sufficient recommendation ; and I should not have ...
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... Malone , I need scarcely add that I am not responsible for the erroneous opinions which it contains , if such there be . There were several points upon which I was so far from coinciding with my late friend , that they have frequently ...
... Malone , I need scarcely add that I am not responsible for the erroneous opinions which it contains , if such there be . There were several points upon which I was so far from coinciding with my late friend , that they have frequently ...
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... Malone , from which he never deviated , to furnish the reader , as far as it was possible , with the author's unsophisticated text . In acting upon this principle he had at first the concurrence and even the example of Mr. Steevens to ...
... Malone , from which he never deviated , to furnish the reader , as far as it was possible , with the author's unsophisticated text . In acting upon this principle he had at first the concurrence and even the example of Mr. Steevens to ...
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... Malone in contradiction to himself , by pointing out the many in- stances in which Mr. Malone has adopted the readings of that very edition which he has so much decried . There is something which at first appears to carry great weight ...
... Malone in contradiction to himself , by pointing out the many in- stances in which Mr. Malone has adopted the readings of that very edition which he has so much decried . There is something which at first appears to carry great weight ...
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... Malone speaks of the editor of this republica- tion , he is pointing his artillery at a phantom ; " for per- haps no ... Malone's * See Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , p . 271 . + Ibid . p . 268 . conjectures as to who this person was ...
... Malone speaks of the editor of this republica- tion , he is pointing his artillery at a phantom ; " for per- haps no ... Malone's * See Mr. Steevens's Advertisement , p . 271 . + Ibid . p . 268 . conjectures as to who this person was ...
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