The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... folio , who in many inftances appears to have been equally ignorant of our author's language and metre , reads- felf - fame king ; a reading , which all the fubfequent editors have adopted . The verfe is not defective . Perfections is ...
... folio , who in many inftances appears to have been equally ignorant of our author's language and metre , reads- felf - fame king ; a reading , which all the fubfequent editors have adopted . The verfe is not defective . Perfections is ...
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... from you . " 7 or , to be turn'd away ; ] The editor of the fecond folio omitted the word to , in which he has been followed by all fub- fequent editors . MALONE . CLO . Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage 26 TWELFTH - NIGHT : OR ,
... from you . " 7 or , to be turn'd away ; ] The editor of the fecond folio omitted the word to , in which he has been followed by all fub- fequent editors . MALONE . CLO . Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage 26 TWELFTH - NIGHT : OR ,
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... ] The old copy has - in . The emendation was made by Mr. Steevens . In the firft folio e'en and in are very frequently confounded . MALONE , VOL . IV . D very fhrewifhly ; one would think , his mother's milk WHAT YOU WILL . 33.
... ] The old copy has - in . The emendation was made by Mr. Steevens . In the firft folio e'en and in are very frequently confounded . MALONE , VOL . IV . D very fhrewifhly ; one would think , his mother's milk WHAT YOU WILL . 33.
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... folio . Sure in the prefent inftance is not very likely to have been the word omitted in the firft copy , being found in the next line but one . MALONE . 9 her eyes had loft her tongue , ] We fay a man loses his com- pany when they go ...
... folio . Sure in the prefent inftance is not very likely to have been the word omitted in the firft copy , being found in the next line but one . MALONE . 9 her eyes had loft her tongue , ] We fay a man loses his com- pany when they go ...
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... folio . MALONE . 5 For , fuch as we are made of , fuch we be . ] The old copy reads →→→ made if . Mr. Tyrwhitt obferves , that " inftead of tranfpofing thefe lines according to Dr. Johnfon's conjecture , " he is inclined to read the ...
... folio . MALONE . 5 For , fuch as we are made of , fuch we be . ] The old copy reads →→→ made if . Mr. Tyrwhitt obferves , that " inftead of tranfpofing thefe lines according to Dr. Johnfon's conjecture , " he is inclined to read the ...
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