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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Page vii
... thought might prove of use , he was in the habit of using the first scrap of paper which presented itself , and marking down his memoranda in a species of short hand , of which no one , who was not accustomed to his manner , could ...
... thought might prove of use , he was in the habit of using the first scrap of paper which presented itself , and marking down his memoranda in a species of short hand , of which no one , who was not accustomed to his manner , could ...
Page viii
... thought that I adopt his explanation , " The allusion is to the pitching or throw- ing the bar a manly exercise used in country villages . " In a very few instances I have ventured to take the liberty of expunging a note where ...
... thought that I adopt his explanation , " The allusion is to the pitching or throw- ing the bar a manly exercise used in country villages . " In a very few instances I have ventured to take the liberty of expunging a note where ...
Page xiii
... thoughts to his more improved conceptions . In other plays , wherever I thought there might be a doubt with the reader , as to which copy had given most correctly what the au- thor was likely to have written , I have afforded him an ...
... thoughts to his more improved conceptions . In other plays , wherever I thought there might be a doubt with the reader , as to which copy had given most correctly what the au- thor was likely to have written , I have afforded him an ...
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... thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or ...
... thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or ...
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... thought my- self justified in omitting it altogether ; but it will no longer be found accompanied with notes , which were written for the purpose of demolishing almost every state- ment which it contained . These are now incorporated in ...
... thought my- self justified in omitting it altogether ; but it will no longer be found accompanied with notes , which were written for the purpose of demolishing almost every state- ment which it contained . These are now incorporated in ...
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