The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... editor which he possessed , and it would not be easy to point out a man who had more , yet he laboured under a marked deficiency in this respect , from the very first commencement of his critical career . His republication of the early ...
... editor which he possessed , and it would not be easy to point out a man who had more , yet he laboured under a marked deficiency in this respect , from the very first commencement of his critical career . His republication of the early ...
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... editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed be sometimes lengthened by yet other insertions then have been made , but without advantage either to its spirit or beauty ; as in the following instance : - [ Lear , Act II . Sc . IV ...
... editor's duty . " The dialogue might indeed be sometimes lengthened by yet other insertions then have been made , but without advantage either to its spirit or beauty ; as in the following instance : - [ Lear , Act II . Sc . IV ...
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... editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or other suggestions which ...
... editor's ignorance of our poet's phraseology , determined to reject it , as an authority altogether , while , notwithstanding , he was willing to admit into his text , corrections of typographical er- rors , or other suggestions which ...
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... editor of this republica- tion , he is pointing his artillery at a phantom ; " for per- haps no such literary agent as an editor of a poetical work , unaccompanied by comments , was at that period to be found . " He adds , that " this ...
... editor of this republica- tion , he is pointing his artillery at a phantom ; " for per- haps no such literary agent as an editor of a poetical work , unaccompanied by comments , was at that period to be found . " He adds , that " this ...
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... Editor . With great diligence , an extensive acquaintance with early English literature , and a remarkably retentive memory ; he was besides , as Mr. Gifford has justly observed , " a wit and a scholar . " But his wit , and the ...
... Editor . With great diligence , an extensive acquaintance with early English literature , and a remarkably retentive memory ; he was besides , as Mr. Gifford has justly observed , " a wit and a scholar . " But his wit , and the ...
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