Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays: From Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio, 1632, in the Possession of J. Payne Collier ... |
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... amendment , or for giving it only a qualified approbation , I have plainly stated my reasons , more par- ticularly in the later portion of the work : I pursued , indeed , the same method , to a certain extent , in the earlier portion ...
... amendment , or for giving it only a qualified approbation , I have plainly stated my reasons , more par- ticularly in the later portion of the work : I pursued , indeed , the same method , to a certain extent , in the earlier portion ...
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... amendments must have been in- troduced from time to time , during , perhaps , the course of several years . The changes in punctuation alone , always made with nicety and patience , must have required a long period , considering their ...
... amendments must have been in- troduced from time to time , during , perhaps , the course of several years . The changes in punctuation alone , always made with nicety and patience , must have required a long period , considering their ...
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... amendments are restorations of words that were becoming somewhat obsolete in the time of Shake- speare , such as bisson , blind , blead , fruit , & c ; but there is one instance of the sort so remarkable , that I cannot refuse to notice ...
... amendments are restorations of words that were becoming somewhat obsolete in the time of Shake- speare , such as bisson , blind , blead , fruit , & c ; but there is one instance of the sort so remarkable , that I cannot refuse to notice ...
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... amended form : — " Madam , this service having done for you , ( Though you respect not aught your servant doth ) To ... amend it in various ways , but they have not been so fortunate as to hit upon the right changes . We first quote the ...
... amended form : — " Madam , this service having done for you , ( Though you respect not aught your servant doth ) To ... amend it in various ways , but they have not been so fortunate as to hit upon the right changes . We first quote the ...
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... amended folio , 1632 , has it , — " How would you be , If he , which is the God of judgment , should But judge you as you are ? " This is not to be considered at all in the light of a profane use of the name of the Creator , as in oaths ...
... amended folio , 1632 , has it , — " How would you be , If he , which is the God of judgment , should But judge you as you are ? " This is not to be considered at all in the light of a profane use of the name of the Creator , as in oaths ...
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