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Page 4
... these cir- cumftances , only as au apology to the reader for baving taken fomewhat more licence with his drama than would have been jufti- fable , if the copies of it now extant had been lefs disfigured by the negligence and ignorance ...
... these cir- cumftances , only as au apology to the reader for baving taken fomewhat more licence with his drama than would have been jufti- fable , if the copies of it now extant had been lefs disfigured by the negligence and ignorance ...
Page 19
... these paffages will folve our prefent dife ficulty . We might read : and her thoughts the wing Of every virtue , & c . for in All's well that ends well we have a virtue of a good wing . " That every virtue may borrow wings ( i . e ...
... these paffages will folve our prefent dife ficulty . We might read : and her thoughts the wing Of every virtue , & c . for in All's well that ends well we have a virtue of a good wing . " That every virtue may borrow wings ( i . e ...
Page 23
... these gone ; " Let them affright thee . " STEEVENS . For going on death's net , ] Thus the old copies , and rightly . Mr. Malone would read From going c . but for going means the fame as for fear of going . So , in The Two Gentlemen of ...
... these gone ; " Let them affright thee . " STEEVENS . For going on death's net , ] Thus the old copies , and rightly . Mr. Malone would read From going c . but for going means the fame as for fear of going . So , in The Two Gentlemen of ...
Page 28
... these lines , and makes the other a general political aphorifm , not perceiving that , to top the air would hurt them ; " means only to " flop the air that would hurt them ; " the pronoun being omitted ; an ellipfis frequent not only in ...
... these lines , and makes the other a general political aphorifm , not perceiving that , to top the air would hurt them ; " means only to " flop the air that would hurt them ; " the pronoun being omitted ; an ellipfis frequent not only in ...
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... these two lines were intended to rhyme together in our author's copy , where originally they might have stood thus : • your entertain fhall be , Or , As doth befit our honour , your degree . As doth our honour fit and your degree . So ...
... these two lines were intended to rhyme together in our author's copy , where originally they might have stood thus : • your entertain fhall be , Or , As doth befit our honour , your degree . As doth our honour fit and your degree . So ...
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