The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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... collation of the text ; but upon this subject I must presume to say , that I cannot consider him as the best authority . Whatever were the qualities necessary for an editor which he possessed , and it would not be easy to point out a ...
... collation of the text ; but upon this subject I must presume to say , that I cannot consider him as the best authority . Whatever were the qualities necessary for an editor which he possessed , and it would not be easy to point out a ...
Page 133
... collation , which is the first step in works of this nature ; and , without it , nothing is done to purpose , -first of moderns with moderns , then of moderns with ancients , and afterwards of ancients with others more ancient : ' till ...
... collation , which is the first step in works of this nature ; and , without it , nothing is done to purpose , -first of moderns with moderns , then of moderns with ancients , and afterwards of ancients with others more ancient : ' till ...
Page 263
... collation , " indeed , had long been " drawn , " and little beside the " mere lees was left " for very modern editors " to brag of . " It should , therefore , be remembered , that as judgment , without the aid of collation , might have ...
... collation , " indeed , had long been " drawn , " and little beside the " mere lees was left " for very modern editors " to brag of . " It should , therefore , be remembered , that as judgment , without the aid of collation , might have ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
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