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 34
... " The triple pillar . " - As " triple , " here , for " third , third , " so , in As You Like It , we find " thrice , " for " triple : " " Thou thrice - crowned queen of night , " & c . ( ( 8. Nay , hear them , Antony . ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,
... " The triple pillar . " - As " triple , " here , for " third , third , " so , in As You Like It , we find " thrice , " for " triple : " " Thou thrice - crowned queen of night , " & c . ( ( 8. Nay , hear them , Antony . ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,
Page 35
... hear them , Antony . " When a hemistic like this occurs , there is ge- nerally reason to suspect corruption . If Cleo- patra uttered only these words , she might as well have been silent ; for Antony had just expressed his willingness to ...
... hear them , Antony . " When a hemistic like this occurs , there is ge- nerally reason to suspect corruption . If Cleo- patra uttered only these words , she might as well have been silent ; for Antony had just expressed his willingness to ...
Page 39
... hear all that the messenger had to say . 27. There's a great spirit gone ! Thus did I desire it . " The excess of this line might be removed by reading : " There's a great spirit gone ! I it desir'd , " Or- " " I this desir'd . " The ...
... hear all that the messenger had to say . 27. There's a great spirit gone ! Thus did I desire it . " The excess of this line might be removed by reading : " There's a great spirit gone ! I it desir'd , " Or- " " I this desir'd . " The ...
Page 89
... hear , and bide thy doom . ” Strain'd pride . " 66 The quarto reads " straied pride , " which may be right ; pride deviating from its proper course : but the present reading seems preferable : - pride inordinately stretched , or ...
... hear , and bide thy doom . ” Strain'd pride . " 66 The quarto reads " straied pride , " which may be right ; pride deviating from its proper course : but the present reading seems preferable : - pride inordinately stretched , or ...
Page 94
... hear him . " This might be repaired : " He's coming hither madam now ; I hear him , " " Old fools are babes again ; and must be 94 KING LEAR ,
... hear him . " This might be repaired : " He's coming hither madam now ; I hear him , " " Old fools are babes again ; and must be 94 KING LEAR ,
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66 SCENE Antony Apemantus appears believe beseech better Brutus CAPEL LOFFT Cassio Coriolanus correction corruption Cymbeline death Desd Desdemona disorder do't dost doth ejected ellipsis emendation Emil expression eyes fair false fear folio give Hamlet hast hath hear heart heaven hemistic Henry honour hypermeter Iago interpolation Johnson Juliet Julius Cæsar Kent king King Lear knave lady Lear 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 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