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 122
... persons , either whole , or in part ; and sometimes , instead of the person speaking , you have the actor who presented him : " and in two of the plays , ( Love's Labour's Lost , and Troilus and Cressida , ) the same matter , and in ...
... persons , either whole , or in part ; and sometimes , instead of the person speaking , you have the actor who presented him : " and in two of the plays , ( Love's Labour's Lost , and Troilus and Cressida , ) the same matter , and in ...
Page 208
... person to whom the care of that impression was entrusted . This person in fact , whoever he was , and Mr. Pope , were the two great corrupters of our poet's text ; and I have no doubt that if the arbitrary alterations introduced by ...
... person to whom the care of that impression was entrusted . This person in fact , whoever he was , and Mr. Pope , were the two great corrupters of our poet's text ; and I have no doubt that if the arbitrary alterations introduced by ...
Page 422
... person . * Mr. M. I suppose , was possessed only * See Jonson's Works , folio , 1616 : Epig . XLIX . TO PLAYWRIght . " Playwright me reades , and still my verses damnes ; " He sayes , I want the tongue of epigrammes ; " I have no salt ...
... person . * Mr. M. I suppose , was possessed only * See Jonson's Works , folio , 1616 : Epig . XLIX . TO PLAYWRIght . " Playwright me reades , and still my verses damnes ; " He sayes , I want the tongue of epigrammes ; " I have no salt ...
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