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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There are four early quarto editions in 1597 , 1599 , 1609 , and one without a date . The variations of any consequence are marked in the margin , quarto A , B , C , and D. And as many passages are omitted in the quarto 1597 , I have ...
There are four early quarto editions in 1597 , 1599 , 1609 , and one without a date . The variations of any consequence are marked in the margin , quarto A , B , C , and D. And as many passages are omitted in the quarto 1597 , I have ...
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Quarto A , Ile carrie no coales ; and Quarto A , No , for if you doe you should be a collier . 2 ― we'll not carry coals . ] Dr. Warburton very justly observes , that this was a phrase formerly in use to signify the bearing injuries ...
Quarto A , Ile carrie no coales ; and Quarto A , No , for if you doe you should be a collier . 2 ― we'll not carry coals . ] Dr. Warburton very justly observes , that this was a phrase formerly in use to signify the bearing injuries ...
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SAM . True ; and therefore women , being the weaker vessels , are ever thrust to the wall : -therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall , and thrust his maids to the wall . * Quarto A , If I be in choler Ile draw .
SAM . True ; and therefore women , being the weaker vessels , are ever thrust to the wall : -therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall , and thrust his maids to the wall . * Quarto A , If I be in choler Ile draw .
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Quarto A , the . † Quarto A , Thou shalt see I am a bull . 3 - CRUEL with the maids ; ] The first folio reads - civil with the maids . JOHNSON . So does the quarto 1599 ; but the word is written ciuill .
Quarto A , the . † Quarto A , Thou shalt see I am a bull . 3 - CRUEL with the maids ; ] The first folio reads - civil with the maids . JOHNSON . So does the quarto 1599 ; but the word is written ciuill .
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66 * Quarto A , I fear them no more than thou ; but draw . 6 I will bite my thumb at them ; which is a disgrace to them , if they bear it . ] So it signifies in Randolph's Muses ' Looking - Glass , Act III . Sc . III . p .
66 * Quarto A , I fear them no more than thou ; but draw . 6 I will bite my thumb at them ; which is a disgrace to them , if they bear it . ] So it signifies in Randolph's Muses ' Looking - Glass , Act III . Sc . III . p .
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