The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1Ginn, Heath, 1881 |
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Page xvii
... corrected by Shakespeare him- self . In the popular literature of his time , proof - reading generally was done , if done at all , with such a degree of slov- enliness as no one would think of tolerating now . And that proof - sheets ...
... corrected by Shakespeare him- self . In the popular literature of his time , proof - reading generally was done , if done at all , with such a degree of slov- enliness as no one would think of tolerating now . And that proof - sheets ...
Page xviii
... correcting of the proofs , while in others they left it entirely to the printers . Of course all the plays then first published must have been printed either from the author's own manu- scripts , or else from play - house transcripts of ...
... correcting of the proofs , while in others they left it entirely to the printers . Of course all the plays then first published must have been printed either from the author's own manu- scripts , or else from play - house transcripts of ...
Page xix
... corrections of the text . At what time or times , and by what hand or hands , these changes were made , has not been settled , nor is likely to be . For some time there was a good deal of pretty warm controversy about them . All , I ...
... corrections of the text . At what time or times , and by what hand or hands , these changes were made , has not been settled , nor is likely to be . For some time there was a good deal of pretty warm controversy about them . All , I ...
Page xx
... corrections ; and some of them are exceedingly happy and valuable . To be sure , of those that may be called apt and good , the larger portion had been anticipated by mod- ern editors , and so had passed into the current text . Still ...
... corrections ; and some of them are exceedingly happy and valuable . To be sure , of those that may be called apt and good , the larger portion had been anticipated by mod- ern editors , and so had passed into the current text . Still ...
Page xxi
... corrections . But changes merely ingenious are altogether worse than none ; and who- ever goes about the work with his mind at all in trim for it will much rather have any corrections he may make or pro- pose flatly condemned as bad ...
... corrections . But changes merely ingenious are altogether worse than none ; and who- ever goes about the work with his mind at all in trim for it will much rather have any corrections he may make or pro- pose flatly condemned as bad ...
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