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 xxi
... reader may have a full opportunity of fixing his own value upon those supposed improvements . In some of Mr. Steevens's comments , and , in a very few instances , in those of Mr. Malone , the reader will find an insertion which it is ...
... reader may have a full opportunity of fixing his own value upon those supposed improvements . In some of Mr. Steevens's comments , and , in a very few instances , in those of Mr. Malone , the reader will find an insertion which it is ...
Page xl
... reader with entering into a discussion of all the pas- sages in which Mr. Gifford has endeavoured to turn Mr. Malone into ridicule , I shall confine myself to one or two more , in which heavy imputations are laid upon my late friend . A ...
... reader with entering into a discussion of all the pas- sages in which Mr. Gifford has endeavoured to turn Mr. Malone into ridicule , I shall confine myself to one or two more , in which heavy imputations are laid upon my late friend . A ...
Page 151
... reader will please to observe - that all these contested plays are in the folio , which is dedicated to the poet's patrons and friends , the earls of Pembroke and Montgomery , by editors who are seemingly honest men , and profess them ...
... reader will please to observe - that all these contested plays are in the folio , which is dedicated to the poet's patrons and friends , the earls of Pembroke and Montgomery , by editors who are seemingly honest men , and profess them ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
Copyright | |
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