Remarks critical, conjectural, and explanatory, upon the plays of Shakspeare, resulting from a collation of the early copies with that of Johnson and Steevens, Volume 21805 |
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... SCENE I. 256. " Be not out with me . " i . e . Be not out of humour with me ; be not unkindly disposed towards me : the phrase is still current in Ireland . 258. " There have sat . ” This corrupt use of the imperfect past tense for the ...
... SCENE I. 256. " Be not out with me . " i . e . Be not out of humour with me ; be not unkindly disposed towards me : the phrase is still current in Ireland . 258. " There have sat . ” This corrupt use of the imperfect past tense for the ...
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... Scene 1 , 67 . “ I am glad , that my weak words . " This is too much for the measure , " weak " might be omitted , and " upon us , " in the com- ponent part of the line , compressed to two sylla- bles : < c " Is like to lay upon us . 66 ...
... Scene 1 , 67 . “ I am glad , that my weak words . " This is too much for the measure , " weak " might be omitted , and " upon us , " in the com- ponent part of the line , compressed to two sylla- bles : < c " Is like to lay upon us . 66 ...
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... SCENE III . 281. " Why birds , and beasts , from quality and kind . " This line should certainly be placed , as Dr. Johnson proposes , after the line which now fol- lows it . 66 Infus'd them with these spirits , " & c . " Infused ...
... SCENE III . 281. " Why birds , and beasts , from quality and kind . " This line should certainly be placed , as Dr. Johnson proposes , after the line which now fol- lows it . 66 Infus'd them with these spirits , " & c . " Infused ...
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... exactly on the same places , in different lines , is remarkable . In Hamlet there is a verse completely consonant to this : " She turns to favour and to prettiness . " 288 . ACT II . SCENE I. Ambition's ladder , JULIUS CÆSAR . 9.
... exactly on the same places , in different lines , is remarkable . In Hamlet there is a verse completely consonant to this : " She turns to favour and to prettiness . " 288 . ACT II . SCENE I. Ambition's ladder , JULIUS CÆSAR . 9.
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E H. Seymour. 329 . ACT III . SCENE I. Cassius , be constant . " Be steady ; let not your resolution be affected , disconcerted , or changed , by this circumstance . Be not fond 331. " " To think , " & c . i . e . Be not weak - minded ...
E H. Seymour. 329 . ACT III . SCENE I. Cassius , be constant . " Be steady ; let not your resolution be affected , disconcerted , or changed , by this circumstance . Be not fond 331. " " To think , " & c . i . e . Be not weak - minded ...
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Antony Apemantus appears believe beseech better Brutus CAPEL LOFFT Cassio Coriolanus correction corruption Cymbeline death Desd Desdemona disorder do't dost doth Duke ejected ellipsis emendation Emil expression eyes fair false fear folio give Hamlet hast hath hear heart heaven hemistic Henry Henry IV honour hypermeter Iago interpolation Johnson Juliet Julius Cæsar Kent king King Lear knave lady Lear LORD CHEDWORTH lost Macbeth madam Malone Mark Antony meaning measure metre nature ne'er never occurs omitted Othello passage perhaps play poet Posthumus pray PRINCE OF TYRE propose quarto reads queen regulate remark Romeo says SCENE SCENE II seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew speak speech stand Steevens Steevens's strange STRUTT suppose swear syllable thee thing thou thought Timon tion Tybalt useless verb verse villain wanting Warburton's words