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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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 . She is rich in beauty ; and poor in this circumstance alone , that with her , beauty will expire ; her store of wealth [ which the poet has already said was the fairness of her person ...
I have no doubt that the old copies are right . She is rich in beauty ; and poor in this circumstance alone , that with her , beauty will expire ; her store of wealth [ which the poet has already said was the fairness of her person ...
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The same mistake has happened in A Midsummer - Night's Dream , where we find in all the old copies- " of these ... In Coriolanus , the only authentick ancient copy has66 the five strains of honour , " for " the fine strains of honour .
The same mistake has happened in A Midsummer - Night's Dream , where we find in all the old copies- " of these ... In Coriolanus , the only authentick ancient copy has66 the five strains of honour , " for " the fine strains of honour .
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And the old Duchess of York , in the same play , calls her grandson , cousin : Why , my young cousin , it is good to ... This speech stands thus in the first copy : " Will you tell me that ? it cannot be so : " His son was but a ward ...
And the old Duchess of York , in the same play , calls her grandson , cousin : Why , my young cousin , it is good to ... This speech stands thus in the first copy : " Will you tell me that ? it cannot be so : " His son was but a ward ...
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So quarto A ; folio , true . latter of these copies , the same reading is adopted . ... In this very line - love and dove , the reading of the original copy of 1597 was corrupted in the two subsequent quartos and the folio , to - love ...
So quarto A ; folio , true . latter of these copies , the same reading is adopted . ... In this very line - love and dove , the reading of the original copy of 1597 was corrupted in the two subsequent quartos and the folio , to - love ...
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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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