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Page ix
... copies with a pertinacity akin to that of Mr. Knight , before his superstitious devotion to the first folio had lost something of its fervour . In short , I now believe that an exact reprint of the old text with its multi- farious ...
... copies with a pertinacity akin to that of Mr. Knight , before his superstitious devotion to the first folio had lost something of its fervour . In short , I now believe that an exact reprint of the old text with its multi- farious ...
Page x
... copies , I shall be thought to have properly distinguished between emendations which may be regarded as legitimate , and such extravagant alterations as would almost lead to the conclusion that nature bestows the gift of common sense ...
... copies , I shall be thought to have properly distinguished between emendations which may be regarded as legitimate , and such extravagant alterations as would almost lead to the conclusion that nature bestows the gift of common sense ...
Page xiv
... copies have a plural noun with a singular verb I have silently substituted ( except in particular cases ) a plural verb ; —in all which minutia the old copies are quite inconsistent.14 " 13 Coriolanus , act iii . sc . 1. " The folio ...
... copies have a plural noun with a singular verb I have silently substituted ( except in particular cases ) a plural verb ; —in all which minutia the old copies are quite inconsistent.14 " 13 Coriolanus , act iii . sc . 1. " The folio ...
Page xvi
... copies has enabled me to adduce ; " Thou cut'st my head off with a golden axe . " Romeo and Juliet , act iii . sc . 3 . " Thou want'st a rough pash , " & c . The Winter's Tale , act i . sc . 2 . " And if thou want'st a cord , " & c ...
... copies has enabled me to adduce ; " Thou cut'st my head off with a golden axe . " Romeo and Juliet , act iii . sc . 3 . " Thou want'st a rough pash , " & c . The Winter's Tale , act i . sc . 2 . " And if thou want'st a cord , " & c ...
Page xvii
... copies : but I cannot think that , except where a rhyme is in question , or where some low character happens to be speaking , an editor is called upon to offend his readers by presenting them with nouns plural to verbs singular ; for ...
... copies : but I cannot think that , except where a rhyme is in question , or where some low character happens to be speaking , an editor is called upon to offend his readers by presenting them with nouns plural to verbs singular ; for ...
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