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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Page 35
... conjecture . But is there any reason therefore to say , that because all cannot be retrieved , all ought to be left desperate ? We should show very little honesty , or wisdom , to play the tyrants with an author's text ; to raze , alter ...
... conjecture . But is there any reason therefore to say , that because all cannot be retrieved , all ought to be left desperate ? We should show very little honesty , or wisdom , to play the tyrants with an author's text ; to raze , alter ...
Page 98
... conjecture and emendation , it appears how falsely we all estimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . Before Dr. Warburton's edition ...
... conjecture and emendation , it appears how falsely we all estimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . Before Dr. Warburton's edition ...
Page 104
... conjecture more , I learned to trust it less ; and after I had printed a few plays , resolved to in- sert none of my own readings in the text . Upon this caution I now congratulate myself , for every day encreases my doubt of my ...
... conjecture more , I learned to trust it less ; and after I had printed a few plays , resolved to in- sert none of my own readings in the text . Upon this caution I now congratulate myself , for every day encreases my doubt of my ...
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