Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of Shakspeare: Resulting from a Collation of the Early Copies, with that of Johnson and Steevens, Ed. by Isaac Reed, Esq., Together with Some Valuable Extracts from the Mss. of the Late Right Honourable John, Lord Chedworth, Issue 2J. Wright, 1805 |
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Page 20
... are proofs , I think , of corruption : we might read , in mercy to the metre , " Hath done this deed on Cæsar ; but for you , " Mark Antony , our swords have leaden points . " " Our arms , in strength of malice , and 20 JULIUS CÆSAR .
... are proofs , I think , of corruption : we might read , in mercy to the metre , " Hath done this deed on Cæsar ; but for you , " Mark Antony , our swords have leaden points . " " Our arms , in strength of malice , and 20 JULIUS CÆSAR .
Page 44
... hath been taught us from the primal state , " That he , which is , was wish'd , until he were ; " And the ebb'd man , ne'er lov'd , till ne'er worth love , " Comes dear'd , by being lack'd . ” Dr. Warburton's emendation , " dear'd ...
... hath been taught us from the primal state , " That he , which is , was wish'd , until he were ; " And the ebb'd man , ne'er lov'd , till ne'er worth love , " Comes dear'd , by being lack'd . ” Dr. Warburton's emendation , " dear'd ...
Page 61
... hath steep'd our sense " In soft and delicate Lethe . ” " Lethe " may be merely " oblivion , " but I ra- ther think a metaphoric " death " is meant : in other places Lethe is used for death directly , as in Julius Cæsar : " Crimson'd in ...
... hath steep'd our sense " In soft and delicate Lethe . ” " Lethe " may be merely " oblivion , " but I ra- ther think a metaphoric " death " is meant : in other places Lethe is used for death directly , as in Julius Cæsar : " Crimson'd in ...
Page 67
... hath given his empire Up to a whore , who now are levying . ” This cannot be reduced to concord , " who " must refer to Cleopatra ; the sense requires a correction of the text : 86 66 He hath given his empire Up to a whore ; and they're ...
... hath given his empire Up to a whore , who now are levying . ” This cannot be reduced to concord , " who " must refer to Cleopatra ; the sense requires a correction of the text : 86 66 He hath given his empire Up to a whore ; and they're ...
Page 69
... hath march'd a power and ta'en Toryne . " 162. " His whole action grows " Not in the power on't . " In his general conduct , or his whole conduct , he omits or neglects the advantages he possesses ; his performance never advances with ...
... hath march'd a power and ta'en Toryne . " 162. " His whole action grows " Not in the power on't . " In his general conduct , or his whole conduct , he omits or neglects the advantages he possesses ; his performance never advances with ...
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Antony Apemantus appears believe better Brutus CAPEL LOFFT Cassio Coriolanus correction corruption Cymbeline death Desd Desdemona disorder do't dost doth Duke ejected ellipsis emendation Emil expression eyes fair false fear folio give Hamlet hast hath hear heart heaven hemistic Henry honour hypermeter Iago Iago's interpolation Johnson Juliet Julius Cæsar Kent king King Lear knave lady Lear LOFFT LORD CHEDWORTH lost Macbeth madam Malone Mark Antony meaning measure Merchant of Venice metre nature ne'er never occurs omitted Othello passage perhaps play poet Posthumus pray PRINCE OF TYRE propose quarto reads queen regulate remark Romeo says SCENE SCENE II seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew speak speech stand Steevens Steevens's strange STRUTT suppose swear syllable thee thing thou thought Timon tion useless verb verse villain wanting Warburton's words