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 97
... error , and sometimes contra- rities of error , take each other's place by reciprocal inva- sion . The tide of ... errors with airy petu- lance , suitable enough to the levity of the controversy ; the other attacks them with gloomy ...
... error , and sometimes contra- rities of error , take each other's place by reciprocal inva- sion . The tide of ... errors with airy petu- lance , suitable enough to the levity of the controversy ; the other attacks them with gloomy ...
Page 111
... errors of the former . This is true as to the literal errors , and no other ; for in all respects else it is far worse than the quartos . " First , because the additions of trifling and bombast passages are in this edition far more ...
... errors of the former . This is true as to the literal errors , and no other ; for in all respects else it is far worse than the quartos . " First , because the additions of trifling and bombast passages are in this edition far more ...
Page 112
... errors we find in their edition could not be merely ty- pographical . Many of the quartos ( as our own printers assure me ) were far from being unskilfully executed , and some of them were much more correctly printed than the folio ...
... errors we find in their edition could not be merely ty- pographical . Many of the quartos ( as our own printers assure me ) were far from being unskilfully executed , and some of them were much more correctly printed than the folio ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
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