The Dramatic Works, Volume 1at the Clarendon Press, M DCC LXXXVI. To be had of Mess. Rivington, London; Mess. Prince and Cooke and C. Selwin Rann, Oxford; and of Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham, 1829 |
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Page v
... Steevens confessed that there was decessorsh han ' exuberance of comment , arising from the ambition in each little Hercules to set . up pillars ascertaining how far he had tra- velled through the dreary wilds of black letter ; so that ...
... Steevens confessed that there was decessorsh han ' exuberance of comment , arising from the ambition in each little Hercules to set . up pillars ascertaining how far he had tra- velled through the dreary wilds of black letter ; so that ...
Page vii
... Steevens , though eminently fitted for the task he undertook , was chiefly instrumental in increasing the evil . He has indeed been happily designated ' the Puck of commentators : ' he frequently wrote 1 notes EDITOR'S PREFACE . vii.
... Steevens , though eminently fitted for the task he undertook , was chiefly instrumental in increasing the evil . He has indeed been happily designated ' the Puck of commentators : ' he frequently wrote 1 notes EDITOR'S PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
... Steevens , like Malone , began his career as an editor of Shakspeare with scrupulous attention to the old copies , but when he once came to entertain some jealousy of Malone's intrusion into his province , he all at once shifted his ...
... Steevens , like Malone , began his career as an editor of Shakspeare with scrupulous attention to the old copies , but when he once came to entertain some jealousy of Malone's intrusion into his province , he all at once shifted his ...
Page xi
... STEEVENS . ' The temper in which this letter was written is obvious . Steevens was at the time assist- ing Malone in preparing his Supplement to Shakspeare , and had previously made a liber- al present to him of his valuable collection ...
... STEEVENS . ' The temper in which this letter was written is obvious . Steevens was at the time assist- ing Malone in preparing his Supplement to Shakspeare , and had previously made a liber- al present to him of his valuable collection ...
Page xii
... Steevens does in effect say so in one of his letters ; adding , ' Nor . will such assistance as I may be able to furnish ever go towards any future gratuitous publication of the same author : ingratitude and impertinence from se- veral ...
... Steevens does in effect say so in one of his letters ; adding , ' Nor . will such assistance as I may be able to furnish ever go towards any future gratuitous publication of the same author : ingratitude and impertinence from se- veral ...
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