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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... meaning . I am far from pretending to say that , with all the advantages I enjoyed , I can hope to remedy the many imperfections which must unavoidably occur , when the mind which collected information can no longer superintend its ...
... meaning . I am far from pretending to say that , with all the advantages I enjoyed , I can hope to remedy the many imperfections which must unavoidably occur , when the mind which collected information can no longer superintend its ...
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... meaning , it is surely much better that it should be passed over than pointed out . There are some annotations reprehensible in another point of view , which I should gladly have omitted , but they have so long retained their places ...
... meaning , it is surely much better that it should be passed over than pointed out . There are some annotations reprehensible in another point of view , which I should gladly have omitted , but they have so long retained their places ...
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... meaning , does not give us a more lively picture of the cholerick monarch , and the blunt freedom which characterizes the faithful Kent . Mr. Steevens , however , seems to have altered his opinion in this instance ; for in his ...
... meaning , does not give us a more lively picture of the cholerick monarch , and the blunt freedom which characterizes the faithful Kent . Mr. Steevens , however , seems to have altered his opinion in this instance ; for in his ...
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... meaning which it could bear , I have thought it the more necessary for that very reason , to put it in the view of those who might be better able to explain it . Thus in Troilus and Cressida , where Nestor says , addressing Hector ...
... meaning which it could bear , I have thought it the more necessary for that very reason , to put it in the view of those who might be better able to explain it . Thus in Troilus and Cressida , where Nestor says , addressing Hector ...
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... meaning of a term , which , although from the changes that our language has undergone , it may now be confined to a par- ticular province , may formerly have been in general use throughout the country . There are some passages which ...
... meaning of a term , which , although from the changes that our language has undergone , it may now be confined to a par- ticular province , may formerly have been in general use throughout the country . There are some passages which ...
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