Shakespeare's Scholar: Being Historical and Critical Studies of His Text, Characters, and Commentators, with an Examination of Mr. Collier's Folio of 1632D. Appleton, 1854 - 504 pages |
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... Dyce . All these , except when I have expressly op- posed them , or characterized them as only plausible , have , in my opinion , an undeniable claim to a place in the text , as acceptable corrections of palpable ty- pographical errors ...
... Dyce . All these , except when I have expressly op- posed them , or characterized them as only plausible , have , in my opinion , an undeniable claim to a place in the text , as acceptable corrections of palpable ty- pographical errors ...
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... Dyce's taste into such needless displays of read- ing of worthless books as abound in his otherwise admirable recent publication , in which instance upon instance from old volumes in all modern lan- guages is heaped upon Shakespeare's ...
... Dyce's taste into such needless displays of read- ing of worthless books as abound in his otherwise admirable recent publication , in which instance upon instance from old volumes in all modern lan- guages is heaped upon Shakespeare's ...
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... Dyce have quoted from authors of Shakespeare's day , several instances of the use of the word , in the sense of ' propitiating . ' They do not , however , arrive at the exact meaning ; and Mr. Dyce remarks : " whatever was its exact ...
... Dyce have quoted from authors of Shakespeare's day , several instances of the use of the word , in the sense of ' propitiating . ' They do not , however , arrive at the exact meaning ; and Mr. Dyce remarks : " whatever was its exact ...
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... which are evidently cor- rupted by the gross typographical carelessness which so de- forms that precious volume . This was undeniably shown with excellent temper and spirit by the Rev. Alexander Dyce EDITORS MR . COLLIER , MR . KNIGHT . 29.
... which are evidently cor- rupted by the gross typographical carelessness which so de- forms that precious volume . This was undeniably shown with excellent temper and spirit by the Rev. Alexander Dyce EDITORS MR . COLLIER , MR . KNIGHT . 29.
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... Dyce , the editor of Beaumont & Fletcher , Marlowe , Green , and Peele , & c . , in his " Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's , and Mr. C. Knight's Editions of Shakspere , " which appeared in 1844 ; and which , when considered in connection ...
... Dyce , the editor of Beaumont & Fletcher , Marlowe , Green , and Peele , & c . , in his " Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's , and Mr. C. Knight's Editions of Shakspere , " which appeared in 1844 ; and which , when considered in connection ...
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Page 238 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 382 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
Page 34 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Page 118 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 294 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Page 44 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 212 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
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Page 118 - From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty ; As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint; our natures do pursue (Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,) A thirsty evil ; and when we drinK, we die.