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Page 225
Notwithstanding what has been said by a late editor , [ Mr . Capell , ] I have a
copy of the first folio , including Troilus and Cressida . Indeed , as I have just now
observed , it was at first either unknown or forgotten . It does not however appear
in ...
Notwithstanding what has been said by a late editor , [ Mr . Capell , ] I have a
copy of the first folio , including Troilus and Cressida . Indeed , as I have just now
observed , it was at first either unknown or forgotten . It does not however appear
in ...
Page 287
... exceed , By showing the worse first . ] The folio reads : The lustre of the better ,
yet to show , Shall show the better . I once thought that the alteration was made
by the author ; but a more diligent comparison of the quartos and the first folio ...
... exceed , By showing the worse first . ] The folio reads : The lustre of the better ,
yet to show , Shall show the better . I once thought that the alteration was made
by the author ; but a more diligent comparison of the quartos and the first folio ...
Page 304
The folio : spoil ' d them . Johnson . i - unrespective sieve , ] That is , unto a
common voider . Sieve is in the quarto . The folio reads : unrespective same ; for
which the second folio and modern editions have silently printed : - unrespective
place ...
The folio : spoil ' d them . Johnson . i - unrespective sieve , ] That is , unto a
common voider . Sieve is in the quarto . The folio reads : unrespective same ; for
which the second folio and modern editions have silently printed : - unrespective
place ...
Page 342
The editor of the second folio , for fills , the reading of the first folio , substituted
files , which has been adopted in all the modern editions . The quarto has filles ,
which is only the more ancient spelling of fills . The words “ draw backward ”
show ...
The editor of the second folio , for fills , the reading of the first folio , substituted
files , which has been adopted in all the modern editions . The quarto has filles ,
which is only the more ancient spelling of fills . The words “ draw backward ”
show ...
Page 393
o heavy heart,'] 0, which is not in the old copy, was added, for the sake of the
metre, by Mr. Pope. Malone. 9 strain'd — ] So the quarto. The folio and all the
moderns have— strange. Johnson, Tro. From Troy, and Troilus. Cres. Is it
possible ? sc.
o heavy heart,'] 0, which is not in the old copy, was added, for the sake of the
metre, by Mr. Pope. Malone. 9 strain'd — ] So the quarto. The folio and all the
moderns have— strange. Johnson, Tro. From Troy, and Troilus. Cres. Is it
possible ? sc.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15 The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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