Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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Page xxxiii
... turn the fcales between " their Averdupois . " — In the Merry Wives of Windfor , Act II . Mrs. Page , in the height of her 66 + 1 Mr. W.'s preface , p . xxiv . C refentment refentment against Falstaff's impudent addreffes , adds , " I ...
... turn the fcales between " their Averdupois . " — In the Merry Wives of Windfor , Act II . Mrs. Page , in the height of her 66 + 1 Mr. W.'s preface , p . xxiv . C refentment refentment against Falstaff's impudent addreffes , adds , " I ...
Page xl
... turn my eye , I fee fuch altera- tions and gloffes as never were matched before . The note following- " This rural chefs " -is as void of true logick , as learning . The whole runs thus in Shakespeare , " The nine - mens morris is fill ...
... turn my eye , I fee fuch altera- tions and gloffes as never were matched before . The note following- " This rural chefs " -is as void of true logick , as learning . The whole runs thus in Shakespeare , " The nine - mens morris is fill ...
Page xli
... changes of the moon , & c.- But turning to Mr. W's edition . [ pag . 279. ] I Scarcely believed my own eyes when I red , " Nine changes of the watry ftar hath been Į 66 ( The " ( The shepherd's note , ) fince we have PREFACE . xli.
... changes of the moon , & c.- But turning to Mr. W's edition . [ pag . 279. ] I Scarcely believed my own eyes when I red , " Nine changes of the watry ftar hath been Į 66 ( The " ( The shepherd's note , ) fince we have PREFACE . xli.
Page xlix
... turn ftorms and thunder , oftentimes to the deftruction of many ; fo from that spring , & c . But let our refining Critic and Philofopher take this in band , and you have- -what , for my part , I really know not , let the reader try ...
... turn ftorms and thunder , oftentimes to the deftruction of many ; fo from that spring , & c . But let our refining Critic and Philofopher take this in band , and you have- -what , for my part , I really know not , let the reader try ...
Page 9
... turn " of feveral of his characters ; he pleases his au- " dience , and often gains their ear , without a fingle bribe from luxury or vice . " Those lines , that I have placed between two hooks , ought certainly to have been omitted ...
... turn " of feveral of his characters ; he pleases his au- " dience , and often gains their ear , without a fingle bribe from luxury or vice . " Those lines , that I have placed between two hooks , ought certainly to have been omitted ...
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