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Rowe's reading ; the quartos and folios have . Now bent . ' II . solemnities ,
applied to the festivities on the solemnization of marriage , as in King John , ii . 1.
555 , of the marriage of Blanch and the Dauphin : • Call the Lady Constance :
Some ...
Rowe's reading ; the quartos and folios have . Now bent . ' II . solemnities ,
applied to the festivities on the solemnization of marriage , as in King John , ii . 1.
555 , of the marriage of Blanch and the Dauphin : • Call the Lady Constance :
Some ...
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In the quartos and folios the stage direction is • Exeunt . Manet Lysander and
Hermia . ' It was a strange oversight on the part of Egeus to leave his daughter
with Lysander . 129. How chance & c . , how chances it . Compare King Lear , ii .
In the quartos and folios the stage direction is • Exeunt . Manet Lysander and
Hermia . ' It was a strange oversight on the part of Egeus to leave his daughter
with Lysander . 129. How chance & c . , how chances it . Compare King Lear , ii .
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The reading of the quartos . The folios have ' merit . ' 141. sympathy , congruity ,
equality . Compare Richard II , iv . I. 33 : ' If that thy valour stand on sympathy ' ;
that is , as explained in the note to the Clarendon Press edition , ' If your valour is
...
The reading of the quartos . The folios have ' merit . ' 141. sympathy , congruity ,
equality . Compare Richard II , iv . I. 33 : ' If that thy valour stand on sympathy ' ;
that is , as explained in the note to the Clarendon Press edition , ' If your valour is
...
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It also signifies a persuasive argument , and perhaps has that sense here . 159.
remote . The reading of the quartos . The folios have remov'd , ' which is used in
the same sense in Hamlet , i . 4. 46 . 160. respects , regards , considers . See ii .
It also signifies a persuasive argument , and perhaps has that sense here . 159.
remote . The reading of the quartos . The folios have remov'd , ' which is used in
the same sense in Hamlet , i . 4. 46 . 160. respects , regards , considers . See ii .
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So the first quarto . The second quarto and the folios read none . ... Theobald's
correction . The quartos and folios read ' sweld , ' or " swell'd , ' which some have
defended , although the rhyme is decisive in favour of Theobald's conjecture .
So the first quarto . The second quarto and the folios read none . ... Theobald's
correction . The quartos and folios read ' sweld , ' or " swell'd , ' which some have
defended , although the rhyme is decisive in favour of Theobald's conjecture .
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| Title | Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's Dream Clarendon press series. English classics |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1879 |
| Length | 147 pages |
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