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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I would reform the metre as follows : " She's wed ; her husband banish'd , she imprison'd : All's outward sorrow ; & c . 66 " " Wed is used for wedded , in The Comedy of Errors : " In Syracusa was I born , and wed- - . " STEEVENS .
I would reform the metre as follows : " She's wed ; her husband banish'd , she imprison'd : All's outward sorrow ; & c . 66 " " Wed is used for wedded , in The Comedy of Errors : " In Syracusa was I born , and wed- - . " STEEVENS .
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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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The two last words may be fairly considered as an interpolation , for they hurt the metre , without enforcement of the sense . " For thee , " in the next line but one , might on the same account be omitted . STEEVENS .
The two last words may be fairly considered as an interpolation , for they hurt the metre , without enforcement of the sense . " For thee , " in the next line but one , might on the same account be omitted . STEEVENS .
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9 And shall do : ] Some words , which rendered this sentence less abrupt , and perfected the metre of it , appear to have been omitted in the old copies . STEEVENS . I - O , that husband My supreme CROWN of grief !
9 And shall do : ] Some words , which rendered this sentence less abrupt , and perfected the metre of it , appear to have been omitted in the old copies . STEEVENS . I - O , that husband My supreme CROWN of grief !
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Again : " Here Pleasure shall make as though he would vomit . ” STEEVENS . 8 The cloyed will , & c . ] The present irregularity of metre has almost persuaded me that this passage originally stood thus ...
Again : " Here Pleasure shall make as though he would vomit . ” STEEVENS . 8 The cloyed will , & c . ] The present irregularity of metre has almost persuaded me that this passage originally stood thus ...
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| Title | 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 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, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributor | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Rwington, 1821 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2015 |
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