The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... second folio . On the first of these contested matters • See also Addison's Spectator , No. 470 . we commit ourselves to the publick ear ; on the 42 ADVERTISEMENT .
... second folio . On the first of these contested matters • See also Addison's Spectator , No. 470 . we commit ourselves to the publick ear ; on the 42 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... second folio ( about which no certainty can be obtained ) perhaps is not very remote from truth . When the ... first quarto and folio editions . The folio therefore of 1623 , corrected from one or. 5 See Mr. Holt White's note on ...
... second folio ( about which no certainty can be obtained ) perhaps is not very remote from truth . When the ... first quarto and folio editions . The folio therefore of 1623 , corrected from one or. 5 See Mr. Holt White's note on ...
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... first folio , wrote a very obscure hand , and was much cramped for room , as the margin of this book is always ... second folio ; for perhaps no such literary agent as an editor of a poetical work , unaccompanied by comments , was ...
... first folio , wrote a very obscure hand , and was much cramped for room , as the margin of this book is always ... second folio ; for perhaps no such literary agent as an editor of a poetical work , unaccompanied by comments , was ...
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... second folio , which in several instances have been justly reprobated by the last editor of Shakspeare . What errors then might not have been expected , when compofitors were wholly unlettered and care- less , and a corrector of the ...
... second folio , which in several instances have been justly reprobated by the last editor of Shakspeare . What errors then might not have been expected , when compofitors were wholly unlettered and care- less , and a corrector of the ...
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... second folio of our author's plays . He al- ways stood forward as a determined advocate for its authority , on which , we believe , more than one of his emendations were formed . At least , we are certain that he never attempted any ...
... second folio of our author's plays . He al- ways stood forward as a determined advocate for its authority , on which , we believe , more than one of his emendations were formed . At least , we are certain that he never attempted any ...
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