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 13 |
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WARBURTON . This passage is so difficult , that commentators may differ concerning it without animosity or shame . Of the two emendations 2 GENT . But what's the matter ? 1 GENT CYMBELINE. ...
WARBURTON . This passage is so difficult , that commentators may differ concerning it without animosity or shame . Of the two emendations 2 GENT . But what's the matter ? 1 GENT CYMBELINE. ...
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Dr. Warburton has corrected with more caution , but less improvement : his reasoning upon his own reading is so obscure and perplexed , that I suspect some injury of the press . I am now to tell my opinion , which is , that the lines ...
Dr. Warburton has corrected with more caution , but less improvement : his reasoning upon his own reading is so obscure and perplexed , that I suspect some injury of the press . I am now to tell my opinion , which is , that the lines ...
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Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : 66 - 66 A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : thou heapest many " Years , ages , on me !
Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : 66 - 66 A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : thou heapest many " Years , ages , on me !
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WARBURTON . Sir T. Hanmer alters it thus : 66 - for so long " As he could mark me with his eye , or I " Distinguish -—— ” The reason of Sir T. Hanmer's reading was , that Pisanio describes no address made to the ear . JOHNSON .
WARBURTON . Sir T. Hanmer alters it thus : 66 - for so long " As he could mark me with his eye , or I " Distinguish -—— ” The reason of Sir T. Hanmer's reading was , that Pisanio describes no address made to the ear . JOHNSON .
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9 or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt two charming words , ] Dr. Warburton pronounces as absolutely as if he had been present at their parting , that these two charming words were adieu Posthumus ; but as ...
9 or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt two charming words , ] Dr. Warburton pronounces as absolutely as if he had been present at their parting , that these two charming words were adieu Posthumus ; but as ...
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