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 2 |
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This , like many other fragments , is evidently an idle interpolation ; it is utterly
useless to the sense and spirit of the dialogue , and disfigures the verse . · The
removal of this hemistic would obviate Mr . Steevens ' s anxiety about the prosody
in ...
This , like many other fragments , is evidently an idle interpolation ; it is utterly
useless to the sense and spirit of the dialogue , and disfigures the verse . · The
removal of this hemistic would obviate Mr . Steevens ' s anxiety about the prosody
in ...
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... leads on to fortune . " “ Brutus and Cæsar : what should be in ( that ) Cæsar ? "
“ That ” should be omitted . " Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar . ” The
word sprite , which in other places is put for spirit , would improve the measure .
... leads on to fortune . " “ Brutus and Cæsar : what should be in ( that ) Cæsar ? "
“ That ” should be omitted . " Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar . ” The
word sprite , which in other places is put for spirit , would improve the measure .
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SCENE III . 281 . “ Why birds , and beasts , from quality and kind . ” This line
should certainly be placed , as Dr . Johnson proposes , after the line which now
follows it . " Infus ' d them with these spirits , ” & c . “ Infused , ” for inspired ,
endued .
SCENE III . 281 . “ Why birds , and beasts , from quality and kind . ” This line
should certainly be placed , as Dr . Johnson proposes , after the line which now
follows it . " Infus ' d them with these spirits , ” & c . “ Infused , ” for inspired ,
endued .
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... for “ branded - with the disgrace - of ; " or are we to understand the expression
thus : “ Upon the occasion of such a breach of honour , every drop of blood
contributes to cause or generate in a Roman breast a new base and illegitimate
spirit .
... for “ branded - with the disgrace - of ; " or are we to understand the expression
thus : “ Upon the occasion of such a breach of honour , every drop of blood
contributes to cause or generate in a Roman breast a new base and illegitimate
spirit .
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But Antony had just this moment expressed a desire to 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 ...
But Antony had just this moment expressed a desire to 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 ...
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