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... STEEVENS There is an irregularity of metre in this couplet . The fame variation is obfervable in Macbeth : " I am for the air ; this night I'll spend " Upon a difmal and a fatal end . " The old copies read -The purchafe & c . Mr. Steevens ...
... STEEVENS There is an irregularity of metre in this couplet . The fame variation is obfervable in Macbeth : " I am for the air ; this night I'll spend " Upon a difmal and a fatal end . " The old copies read -The purchafe & c . Mr. Steevens ...
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... STEEVENS . · — for his chiefeft feat ; ] So , in Twine's Tranflation- " The moft famous and mighty King Antiochus , which builded the . goodlie citie of Antiochia in Syria , and called it after his owne name , as the chiefeft feat of ...
... STEEVENS . · — for his chiefeft feat ; ] So , in Twine's Tranflation- " The moft famous and mighty King Antiochus , which builded the . goodlie citie of Antiochia in Syria , and called it after his owne name , as the chiefeft feat of ...
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... STEEVENS By man's oppreffion ; ] Old copies throng'd . For this change I am anfwerable . STEEVENS . 9 and the poor worm doth die for't ] I fuppofe he means to call the mole , ( which fuffers in its attempts to complain of man's ...
... STEEVENS By man's oppreffion ; ] Old copies throng'd . For this change I am anfwerable . STEEVENS . 9 and the poor worm doth die for't ] I fuppofe he means to call the mole , ( which fuffers in its attempts to complain of man's ...
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... STEEVENS . -- • Thaliard . ] This name is fomewhat corrupted from Thaliarch , i . e . Thaliarchus , as it ftands in Twine's tranflation . STEEVENS . 6 Thaliard , you're of our chamber , & c . ] So , in Twine's tranfla tion : Thaliarchus ...
... STEEVENS . -- • Thaliard . ] This name is fomewhat corrupted from Thaliarch , i . e . Thaliarchus , as it ftands in Twine's tranflation . STEEVENS . 6 Thaliard , you're of our chamber , & c . ] So , in Twine's tranfla tion : Thaliarchus ...
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... STEEVENS . The original copy has - to , here and in the next line ; which cannot be right . To was often written by ... Steevens . MALONE . They may awake their helps to comfort them . ] helpers . STEEVENS . Perhaps we fhould read ...
... STEEVENS . The original copy has - to , here and in the next line ; which cannot be right . To was often written by ... Steevens . MALONE . They may awake their helps to comfort them . ] helpers . STEEVENS . Perhaps we fhould read ...
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