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 221
... original reading , " I'll meet you in that place some hour hence . " Again , in The Winter's Tale , Act I. Sc . II . : wishing clocks more swift ? " Hours , minutes ? the noon , midnight ? and all eyes , " & c . instead of the original ...
... original reading , " I'll meet you in that place some hour hence . " Again , in The Winter's Tale , Act I. Sc . II . : wishing clocks more swift ? " Hours , minutes ? the noon , midnight ? and all eyes , " & c . instead of the original ...
Page 340
... original language out of all doubt , Redime te captum , quam queas , minimo . With respect to resemblances , I shall not trouble you any further . That the Comedy of Errors is founded on the Menæchmi , it is notorious : nor is it less ...
... original language out of all doubt , Redime te captum , quam queas , minimo . With respect to resemblances , I shall not trouble you any further . That the Comedy of Errors is founded on the Menæchmi , it is notorious : nor is it less ...
Page 517
... original text . They have , for the most part , been fully and satis- factorily explained by contemporary usage : but in some few instances , where no such authority could be found , they have been supposed , upon what I cannot but ...
... original text . They have , for the most part , been fully and satis- factorily explained by contemporary usage : but in some few instances , where no such authority could be found , they have been supposed , upon what I cannot but ...
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