The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... copies with scrupulous fidelity , except where a clear necessity compelled them to depart from the readings which they supplied . To this plan it will be found Mr. Malone has still steadily adhered , while his rival critick has latterly ...
... copies with scrupulous fidelity , except where a clear necessity compelled them to depart from the readings which they supplied . To this plan it will be found Mr. Malone has still steadily adhered , while his rival critick has latterly ...
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... copies , he has generally had recourse to ridicule , a weapon of which he was as fond , as he was skilful in its use . This mode of discussion gave him great advantages when the passages upon which it arose were scattered throughout a ...
... copies , he has generally had recourse to ridicule , a weapon of which he was as fond , as he was skilful in its use . This mode of discussion gave him great advantages when the passages upon which it arose were scattered throughout a ...
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... copies , for in that case , how few would have the patience to examine so copious a list with any degree of attention , I shall here explain the rules by which I have been guided in making a selection . In Romeo and Juliet , where the ...
... copies , for in that case , how few would have the patience to examine so copious a list with any degree of attention , I shall here explain the rules by which I have been guided in making a selection . In Romeo and Juliet , where the ...
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... copies are of rare occurrence , and can only be procured by a fortunate chance , or at an immoderate price ; but it by no means follows , that those alone who have access to those expensive rarities , are capable of using what they ...
... copies are of rare occurrence , and can only be procured by a fortunate chance , or at an immoderate price ; but it by no means follows , that those alone who have access to those expensive rarities , are capable of using what they ...
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... copies , which enabled him to discover a number of corruptions in the latter edition , evidently as he thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while ...
... copies , which enabled him to discover a number of corruptions in the latter edition , evidently as he thought arising from the editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while ...
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