Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... alter , what the transcriber , or printer has not first altered . In Shakespeare the editors have proposed many better readings , which they should have men- tion'd only in their notes ; and they would thus have de- ferved that praise ...
... alter , what the transcriber , or printer has not first altered . In Shakespeare the editors have proposed many better readings , which they should have men- tion'd only in their notes ; and they would thus have de- ferved that praise ...
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... obvious . THE INIQUITY was often the VICE in our old Morali- ties ; and is introduced in Ben Johnson's play call'd . the B 4 Devil's Who is there but will allow greater liberty for altering Sect . I. on SHAKESPEARE .
... obvious . THE INIQUITY was often the VICE in our old Morali- ties ; and is introduced in Ben Johnson's play call'd . the B 4 Devil's Who is there but will allow greater liberty for altering Sect . I. on SHAKESPEARE .
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John Upton. Who is there but will allow greater liberty for altering authors , who wrote before the invention of printing , than fince ? Blunders upon blunders of Devil's an afs and likewife mention'd in his Epigr . CXV . Being no ...
John Upton. Who is there but will allow greater liberty for altering authors , who wrote before the invention of printing , than fince ? Blunders upon blunders of Devil's an afs and likewife mention'd in his Epigr . CXV . Being no ...
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... altered , or added , or lopped off , entirely thro ' modern , and French refine- ment . T SECT . III . HE misfortune feems to be , that fcarcely any one pays a regard to what Shakespeare does write , but they are allways gueffing at ...
... altered , or added , or lopped off , entirely thro ' modern , and French refine- ment . T SECT . III . HE misfortune feems to be , that fcarcely any one pays a regard to what Shakespeare does write , but they are allways gueffing at ...
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... alter the whole conftitution of affairs . Thus they went on from bad to worfe , ' till the finishing ftroke was given by St. Gregory the Great , who in a pious fury fet fire to the Pala- tine library . In the eastern empire , by the in ...
... alter the whole conftitution of affairs . Thus they went on from bad to worfe , ' till the finishing ftroke was given by St. Gregory the Great , who in a pious fury fet fire to the Pala- tine library . In the eastern empire , by the in ...
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