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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... stands only , - " A storm with thunder and lightning . Enter a Ship - master and Boatswain ; " but , from the corrected folio , 1632 , it appears that the two actors who began the play entered as if on deck , shaking the rain and spray ...
... stands only , - " A storm with thunder and lightning . Enter a Ship - master and Boatswain ; " but , from the corrected folio , 1632 , it appears that the two actors who began the play entered as if on deck , shaking the rain and spray ...
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... stands in manuscript in the corrected folio , 1632. It seems manifest that the words , in a new line , " the burthen , " - were meant as the indication of the commencement of that bur- then , and as a sort of heading or title to what ...
... stands in manuscript in the corrected folio , 1632. It seems manifest that the words , in a new line , " the burthen , " - were meant as the indication of the commencement of that bur- then , and as a sort of heading or title to what ...
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... stands more correctly , " Nor scrape trencher , nor wash dish . " ACT III . SCENE L P. 50. The hemistich , at the conclusion of Ferdinand's speech , has occasioned much doubt and controversy . It seems set at rest by the manuscript ...
... stands more correctly , " Nor scrape trencher , nor wash dish . " ACT III . SCENE L P. 50. The hemistich , at the conclusion of Ferdinand's speech , has occasioned much doubt and controversy . It seems set at rest by the manuscript ...
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... stands in the folio , 1623 : - " And being so hard to me that brought your mind , I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling your mind . " Steevens adopted the words from the folio , 1632- " And being so hard to me that brought your ...
... stands in the folio , 1623 : - " And being so hard to me that brought your mind , I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling your mind . " Steevens adopted the words from the folio , 1632- " And being so hard to me that brought your ...
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... stands in all impres- sions , is unquestionably a piece of tautology . The Duke asks Valentine if he knows Don Antonio ? " Val . Ay , my good lord ; I know the gentleman To be of worth , and worthy estimation , And not without desert so ...
... stands in all impres- sions , is unquestionably a piece of tautology . The Duke asks Valentine if he knows Don Antonio ? " Val . Ay , my good lord ; I know the gentleman To be of worth , and worthy estimation , And not without desert so ...
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according afterwards altered amended Antony appears authority blunder Brutus Cæsar Cleopatra compositor conjecture copyist Coriolanus corrected folio corruption couplet defective doubt Duke editors emendation Enter epithet erased error evident exclaims eyes Falstaff father give given Hamlet hath heaven hemistich Henry Iachimo Iago Imogen impressions inserted instance Italic type Johnson Julius Cæsar King Lady last line letter lines lower lord Macbeth Malone manu manuscript stage-direction manuscript-corrector margin meaning merely misheard misprint mistake modern editions necessary never observes occurs old copies old corrector omitted Othello passage perhaps play poet Prince printed copies printer probably proposed quartos and folios Queen remarks restored rhyme says SCENE I.
P. SCENE II scribe second folio second line seems sense sentence set right Shakespeare speaking speech spelt stage stands Steevens strange struck subsequent substituted supposed syllables tells thee Theobald thou tion verse Warburton written
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