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The expectation of ignorance is indefinite and that of knowledge is often tyrannical . It is hard to satisfy those who know not what to demand , or those who demand by design what they think impossible to be done .
The expectation of ignorance is indefinite and that of knowledge is often tyrannical . It is hard to satisfy those who know not what to demand , or those who demand by design what they think impossible to be done .
Page 239
I. His ignorance of Shakspeare's phraseology is proved by the following among many other instances . He did not know that the double negatire was the customary and authorised language of the age of Queen Elizabeth , and therefore ...
I. His ignorance of Shakspeare's phraseology is proved by the following among many other instances . He did not know that the double negatire was the customary and authorised language of the age of Queen Elizabeth , and therefore ...
Page 248
These are but a few of the numerous corruptions and interpolations found in that copy , from the editor's ignorance of Shakspeare's phraseology . II . Let us now examine how far he was acquainted with the metre of these plays .
These are but a few of the numerous corruptions and interpolations found in that copy , from the editor's ignorance of Shakspeare's phraseology . II . Let us now examine how far he was acquainted with the metre of these plays .
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Publisher | C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Nov 2008 |
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