The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15 |
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Page 45
That never saw theme ] Old copy - see ' em . Corrected by Mr . Pope . MALONE . :
• A springhalt reign ' d among them . ] The stringhalt , or springhalt , ( as the old
copy reads , ) is a disease incident to horses , which gives them a convulsive ...
That never saw theme ] Old copy - see ' em . Corrected by Mr . Pope . MALONE . :
• A springhalt reign ' d among them . ] The stringhalt , or springhalt , ( as the old
copy reads , ) is a disease incident to horses , which gives them a convulsive ...
Page 82
The old copy , indeed , reads : Commends his good opinion of you to you , and
but the metre shows that cannot be right . The words to you were probably
accidentally omitted by the compositor in the second line , and being marked by
the ...
The old copy , indeed , reads : Commends his good opinion of you to you , and
but the metre shows that cannot be right . The words to you were probably
accidentally omitted by the compositor in the second line , and being marked by
the ...
Page 228
The names of the gates are here exhibited as in the old copy , for the reason
assigned by Dr . Farmer ; except in the instance of Antenorides , instead of which
the old copy has Antenonydus . The quotation from Lydgate shows that was an
error ...
The names of the gates are here exhibited as in the old copy , for the reason
assigned by Dr . Farmer ; except in the instance of Antenorides , instead of which
the old copy has Antenonydus . The quotation from Lydgate shows that was an
error ...
Page 257
P . I : “ Thou know ' st my old ward ; here I lay ; " & c . STEEVENS . 8 - upon my wit
, to defend my wiles ; ] So read both the copies : and yet perhaps the author wrote
: Upon my wit to defend my will . The terms wit ... Yet I think the old copy right .
P . I : “ Thou know ' st my old ward ; here I lay ; " & c . STEEVENS . 8 - upon my wit
, to defend my wiles ; ] So read both the copies : and yet perhaps the author wrote
: Upon my wit to defend my will . The terms wit ... Yet I think the old copy right .
Page 326
... a collection of Epigrams and Satires was published with this quaint title : The
Letting of Humours Blood in the Head - vaine . JOHNSON , . He ' ll be physician ,
] Old copies the physician . . SȚEEVENS . P ' ll knead him , & c . ] Old copy : Ajax .
... a collection of Epigrams and Satires was published with this quaint title : The
Letting of Humours Blood in the Head - vaine . JOHNSON , . He ' ll be physician ,
] Old copies the physician . . SȚEEVENS . P ' ll knead him , & c . ] Old copy : Ajax .
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