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Page xxv
... Collier points out , the doggerel fourteeners of the Dromios favour the supposition that Shakespeare made use of an older play ; and in my opinion he made use both of the older " Historie " and of Warner's version . Moreover , the ...
... Collier points out , the doggerel fourteeners of the Dromios favour the supposition that Shakespeare made use of an older play ; and in my opinion he made use both of the older " Historie " and of Warner's version . Moreover , the ...
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... ( Collier ) . · • 61. aboard . . ] The emendation in the textual notes is of course purely conjectural , but it is simple and pre- cise and seems to convey Shake- speare's meaning . " And put to sea occurs in v . i . 21 ; and " but scarce ...
... ( Collier ) . · • 61. aboard . . ] The emendation in the textual notes is of course purely conjectural , but it is simple and pre- cise and seems to convey Shake- speare's meaning . " And put to sea occurs in v . i . 21 ; and " but scarce ...
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... ( Collier ) . 121. sake ] 123. hath ... thee ] F 2 ; haue . . . they F 1 . 124. youngest eldest ] eldest youngest 1 ; for Ff 2 , 3 , 4. 129. the ] omitted by Pope . Collier ( ed . 2 ) . 116. bark ] backe F 1 . And Collier . misfortunes ...
... ( Collier ) . 121. sake ] 123. hath ... thee ] F 2 ; haue . . . they F 1 . 124. youngest eldest ] eldest youngest 1 ; for Ff 2 , 3 , 4. 129. the ] omitted by Pope . Collier ( ed . 2 ) . 116. bark ] backe F 1 . And Collier . misfortunes ...
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... ( Collier conj . ) ; fine help Singer ( ed . 2 ) ; help . hands Kinnear conj . 154. no ] not Rowe . 155. Gaoler , go ] Editor , Anon . conj .; Taylor , F 1 ; Jailor , now Hanmer ; So , jailer , Capell ; Go , Gaoler S. Walker conj . Gaol ...
... ( Collier conj . ) ; fine help Singer ( ed . 2 ) ; help . hands Kinnear conj . 154. no ] not Rowe . 155. Gaoler , go ] Editor , Anon . conj .; Taylor , F 1 ; Jailor , now Hanmer ; So , jailer , Capell ; Go , Gaoler S. Walker conj . Gaol ...
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... Collier . 11 , 12. Inverted in Ff 2 , 3 , 4 . means Ff 2 , 3 , 4 . 13. Peruse ] In the sense of " scan , " " observe . " Compare 1 Henry VI . IV . ii . 43 : " I hear the enemy : Out some light horsemen , and peruse their wings " ; 2 ...
... Collier . 11 , 12. Inverted in Ff 2 , 3 , 4 . means Ff 2 , 3 , 4 . 13. Peruse ] In the sense of " scan , " " observe . " Compare 1 Henry VI . IV . ii . 43 : " I hear the enemy : Out some light horsemen , and peruse their wings " ; 2 ...
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Antipholus of Ephesus Antipholus of Syracuse brother Capell conj chain cloake Collier comedies Compare line Craig didst dine dinner door doth DROMIO of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse Duke Dyce Editor Enter ANTIPHOLUS Epidamnum Erot Erotium Errors Exeunt Exit fairy fetch Folio fool Gentlemen of Verona gold hair Hanmer hast hath Henry Henry IV Henry VI husband Keightley Love's Labour's Lost Luciana Malone master meaning Menaecmi Menechmus Merchant of Venice Merry Wives Mess Messenio Midsummer-Night's Dream mistress never Othello passage Peniculus Plautus play Pope pray quibble reading refers Richard III Romeo and Juliet rope's end Rowe says SCENE sense Shakespeare ship speak stale Steevens quotes Syracusian tell thee Theobald thou art Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Twelfth Night villain Walker conj wife Wives of Windsor word
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Page xiv - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 93 - He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry ' Rope,' and
Page xiii - The author is at home in his subject, and presents his views in an almost singularly clear and satisfactory manner. . . . The volume is a valuable contribution to one of the most difficult, and at the same time one of the most important subjects of investigation at the present day.
Page xxxii - THE myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakspeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles and character of farce, as distinguished from comedy and from entertainments.
Page 86 - I loved her most, and thought to set my rest On her kind nursery.