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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66 The Oxford editor improves upon this emendation , and reads : our looks 66 " No more obey the heart , e'en than our courtiers . " But by venturing too far , at a second emendation , he has stript it of all thought and sentiment .
66 The Oxford editor improves upon this emendation , and reads : our looks 66 " No more obey the heart , e'en than our courtiers . " But by venturing too far , at a second emendation , he has stript it of all thought and sentiment .
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I am now to tell my opinion , which is , that the lines stand as they were originally written , and that a paraphrase , such as the licentious and abrupt expressions of our author too frequently require , will make emendation ...
I am now to tell my opinion , which is , that the lines stand as they were originally written , and that a paraphrase , such as the licentious and abrupt expressions of our author too frequently require , will make emendation ...
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66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline meant to say that his daughter's conduct made him precisely ...
66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline meant to say that his daughter's conduct made him precisely ...
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... grow to flowers , as the buds of fruits grow to fruits . JOHNSON . Dr. Warburton's emendation may in some measure be confirmed by those beautiful lines in The Two Noble Kinsmen , which I have no doubt were written by Shakspeare .
... grow to flowers , as the buds of fruits grow to fruits . JOHNSON . Dr. Warburton's emendation may in some measure be confirmed by those beautiful lines in The Two Noble Kinsmen , which I have no doubt were written by Shakspeare .
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As on this occasion , and several others , we can only tell what Hemings and Condel printed , instead of knowing , with any degree of certainty , what Shakspeare wrote , I have not disturbed Mr. Rowe's emendation , which leaves a clear ...
As on this occasion , and several others , we can only tell what Hemings and Condel printed , instead of knowing , with any degree of certainty , what Shakspeare wrote , I have not disturbed Mr. Rowe's emendation , which leaves a clear ...
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