The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page i
... copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confefs that they are all unlike each other , † and convey no diftinct refem- blance of the poor remains of their ...
... copies and plates , however , are faid at different times to have been made from it ; but a regard for truth obliges us to confefs that they are all unlike each other , † and convey no diftinct refem- blance of the poor remains of their ...
Page ii
... , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and his beft . copies too often exhibit a general inftead of a particular refemblance . thefe tales has no better foundation than the vanity of ii ADVERTISEMENT .
... , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and his beft . copies too often exhibit a general inftead of a particular refemblance . thefe tales has no better foundation than the vanity of ii ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xi
... copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays . True : but may not our want of yet earlier and lefs corrupted editions of thefe very dramas be solely attributed to the monopolizing vigilance of its 8 of a careless theatre were ...
... copies of fixteen or seventeen of our author's plays . True : but may not our want of yet earlier and lefs corrupted editions of thefe very dramas be solely attributed to the monopolizing vigilance of its 8 of a careless theatre were ...
Page xiii
... copies , in preference to the corrections of others almoft equally old , is likewise a circumftance by no means honourable to our author , however fecure refpecting ourselves . For what is it , under pretence of restoration , but to use ...
... copies , in preference to the corrections of others almoft equally old , is likewise a circumftance by no means honourable to our author , however fecure refpecting ourselves . For what is it , under pretence of restoration , but to use ...
Page xiv
... copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable fanction , and few champions but fuch as are excited by a fruitless ambition to defend certain pofts ...
... copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable fanction , and few champions but fuch as are excited by a fruitless ambition to defend certain pofts ...
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