“The” Plays Of William Shakespeare, Volume 1T. Bensley, 1778 |
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Page 43
... copies , which none had thought to examine before , and reftored many lines to their integrity ; but , by a very compendious cri- ticism , he rejected whatever he disliked , and thought more of amputation than of cure . I know not why ...
... copies , which none had thought to examine before , and reftored many lines to their integrity ; but , by a very compendious cri- ticism , he rejected whatever he disliked , and thought more of amputation than of cure . I know not why ...
Page 45
... copies , and rectified many errors . A man fo anxioufly fcrupulous might have been ex- pected to do more , but what little he did was com- monly right . In his reports of copies and editions he is not to be trufted without examination ...
... copies , and rectified many errors . A man fo anxioufly fcrupulous might have been ex- pected to do more , but what little he did was com- monly right . In his reports of copies and editions he is not to be trufted without examination ...
Page 47
... copies , he has appropriated the labour of his predeceffors , and made his own edition of little authority . His confidence indeed , both in him- self and others , was too great ; he fuppofes all to be right that was done by Pope and ...
... copies , he has appropriated the labour of his predeceffors , and made his own edition of little authority . His confidence indeed , both in him- self and others , was too great ; he fuppofes all to be right that was done by Pope and ...
Page 51
... copies , is unable to reftrain the rage of emendation , though his ardour is ill feconded by his skill . Every cold empirick , when his heart is expanded by a fuccefsful experiment , fwells into a theorist , and the laborious collator ...
... copies , is unable to reftrain the rage of emendation , though his ardour is ill feconded by his skill . Every cold empirick , when his heart is expanded by a fuccefsful experiment , fwells into a theorist , and the laborious collator ...
Page 52
... difcuffed by him are of very fmall importance ; they involve neither property nor liber- ty ; nor favour the intereft of fect or party . The doda various $ various readings of copies , and different interpreta- tions 52 PREFACE .
... difcuffed by him are of very fmall importance ; they involve neither property nor liber- ty ; nor favour the intereft of fect or party . The doda various $ various readings of copies , and different interpreta- tions 52 PREFACE .
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