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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... the compositor in the quarto 1599 , and of course in the subsequent impressions , I have restored from the first quarto of 1597 , from which , in almost every page , former editors have drawn many valuable emendations in this play .
... the compositor in the quarto 1599 , and of course in the subsequent impressions , I have restored from the first quarto of 1597 , from which , in almost every page , former editors have drawn many valuable emendations in this play .
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She hath , and in that sparing makes huge waste 2 ; For beauty , starv'd with her severity , Cuts beauty off from all posterity 3 . editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plausible as the correction .
She hath , and in that sparing makes huge waste 2 ; For beauty , starv'd with her severity , Cuts beauty off from all posterity 3 . editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plausible as the correction .
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So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Beggar's Bush , Sc . ult . : " If f you be pleas'd , look cheerly , throw your eyes " Out at your masks . ” Former editors print those instead of these , but without authority . STEEVENS .
So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Beggar's Bush , Sc . ult . : " If f you be pleas'd , look cheerly , throw your eyes " Out at your masks . ” Former editors print those instead of these , but without authority . STEEVENS .
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... editors , but perhaps erroneously . The reader shall judge by seeing a portion of one of the Nurse's speeches as it originally appeared . " Even or odde , of alle dayes in the yeare come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteene .
... editors , but perhaps erroneously . The reader shall judge by seeing a portion of one of the Nurse's speeches as it originally appeared . " Even or odde , of alle dayes in the yeare come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteene .
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The editor of the folio , whenever he found an error in a later quarto , seems to have corrected it by caprice , without examining the preceding copy . He reads - Or , save your reverence , & c . MALONE . 4 We BURN DAY - LIGHT , ho .
The editor of the folio , whenever he found an error in a later quarto , seems to have corrected it by caprice , without examining the preceding copy . He reads - Or , save your reverence , & c . MALONE . 4 We BURN DAY - LIGHT , ho .
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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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