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 6 |
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This prologue , after the first copy was published in 1597 , received several alterations , both in respect of correctness and versification . In the folio it is omitted . The play was originally performed by the Right Hon . the Lord of ...
This prologue , after the first copy was published in 1597 , received several alterations , both in respect of correctness and versification . In the folio it is omitted . The play was originally performed by the Right Hon . the Lord of ...
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The first copy furnishes no help , the passage there standing thus : " Ile play the tyrant ; Ile first begin with the maids , and off with their heads : " but the true reading is found in the undated quarto . MALONE . 4 poor John .
The first copy furnishes no help , the passage there standing thus : " Ile play the tyrant ; Ile first begin with the maids , and off with their heads : " but the true reading is found in the undated quarto . MALONE . 4 poor John .
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E. ] Old copy - same . When we come to consider , that there is some power else besides balmy air , that brings forth , and makes the tender buds spread themselves , I do not think it improbable that the poet wrote : Or dedicate his ...
E. ] Old copy - same . When we come to consider , that there is some power else besides balmy air , that brings forth , and makes the tender buds spread themselves , I do not think it improbable that the poet wrote : Or dedicate his ...
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I have no doubt that the old copies are right . ... the poet has already said was the fairness of her person , ] will not be transmitted to posterity , inasmuch as she will " lead her graces to the grave , and leave the world no copy .
I have no doubt that the old copies are right . ... the poet has already said was the fairness of her person , ] will not be transmitted to posterity , inasmuch as she will " lead her graces to the grave , and leave the world no copy .
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66 In The Comedy of Errors , the word is written as in the first copy of this play , and is used in the same sense : - such a one as a man may not speak of , without he say sir - reverence — . ” And in Much Ado About Nothing , it occurs ...
66 In The Comedy of Errors , the word is written as in the first copy of this play , and is used in the same sense : - such a one as a man may not speak of , without he say sir - reverence — . ” And in Much Ado About Nothing , it occurs ...
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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 6 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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