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Page xxvi
... " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
... " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
Page xxvii
John Upton. pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV where ' tis obferved that Shakespeare shortens words by ftriking off the first fyllable , which is no unusual thing in our language : among the inftances there given ... Rule XIV ...
John Upton. pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV where ' tis obferved that Shakespeare shortens words by ftriking off the first fyllable , which is no unusual thing in our language : among the inftances there given ... Rule XIV ...
Page lxi
... rules the poet laid down to himself when be commenced author and writer in form ? And this is the fubject of the ... rule , there drawn up , is Shakespeare's rule ; and tho ' vifibly , and appa- rently fuch to every fcholar - like reader ...
... rules the poet laid down to himself when be commenced author and writer in form ? And this is the fubject of the ... rule , there drawn up , is Shakespeare's rule ; and tho ' vifibly , and appa- rently fuch to every fcholar - like reader ...
Page lxii
... rules . This is the plan of thofe critical obfervations which I drew up , " as well to do justice to this our " ancient dramatic poet , as to put some stop , if poffible , to the vague and licentious fpirit of cri- " ticifm . " And if ...
... rules . This is the plan of thofe critical obfervations which I drew up , " as well to do justice to this our " ancient dramatic poet , as to put some stop , if poffible , to the vague and licentious fpirit of cri- " ticifm . " And if ...
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... rule of Graevius , in his preface to Cicero's offices : A prifcis libris non recedendum , nifi aut librarii , aut fcioli peccatum fit tam reftatum , ut ab omnibus , qui non caligant in fole , videri poffit . is one part of their cunning ...
... rule of Graevius , in his preface to Cicero's offices : A prifcis libris non recedendum , nifi aut librarii , aut fcioli peccatum fit tam reftatum , ut ab omnibus , qui non caligant in fole , videri poffit . is one part of their cunning ...
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