The Plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, Volume 1AMS Press, 1900 |
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Page ix
... fometimes willing to bring a corollary , rather than want a fpirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predeceffors to pigs mies , that we ourfelves , by force of comparison , might affume ...
... fometimes willing to bring a corollary , rather than want a fpirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predeceffors to pigs mies , that we ourfelves , by force of comparison , might affume ...
Page xii
... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
Page xv
... fometimes not without fufficient reafon . Yet , in our opinion , they have fuffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , fome words , alike unneceffary to fenfe and ...
... fometimes not without fufficient reafon . Yet , in our opinion , they have fuffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , fome words , alike unneceffary to fenfe and ...
Page xxiii
... fometimes imperfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly misunderstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his ar- tillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regard- ing as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the second folio ; for ...
... fometimes imperfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly misunderstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his ar- tillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regard- ing as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the second folio ; for ...
Page 1
... fometimes conduce to the better underflanding his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may feem to many not to want a comment , yet I fancy fome little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with ...
... fometimes conduce to the better underflanding his book ; and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may feem to many not to want a comment , yet I fancy fome little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with ...
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