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I would reform the metre as follows : " She's wed ; her husband banish'd , she imprison'd : " All's outward sorrow ; & c . Wed is used for wedded , in The Comedy of Errors : " In Syracusa was I born , and wed- .. " STEEVENS .
I would reform the metre as follows : " She's wed ; her husband banish'd , she imprison'd : " All's outward sorrow ; & c . Wed is used for wedded , in The Comedy of Errors : " In Syracusa was I born , and wed- .. " STEEVENS .
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... Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epi- thet : 66 thou heapest many " A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : 66 Years , ages , on me ! 39 66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas ...
... Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epi- thet : 66 thou heapest many " A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : 66 Years , ages , on me ! 39 66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas ...
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The two last words may be fairly considered as an interpolation , for they hurt the metre , without enforcement of the sense . " For thee , " in the next line but one , might on the same ac- count be omitted . STEEVENS .
The two last words may be fairly considered as an interpolation , for they hurt the metre , without enforcement of the sense . " For thee , " in the next line but one , might on the same ac- count be omitted . STEEVENS .
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9 And shall do : ] Some words , which rendered this sentence less abrupt , and perfected the metre of it , appear to have been omitted in the old copies . STEEvens . I - O , that husband ! My supreme CROWN of grief !
9 And shall do : ] Some words , which rendered this sentence less abrupt , and perfected the metre of it , appear to have been omitted in the old copies . STEEvens . I - O , that husband ! My supreme CROWN of grief !
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The present irregularity of metre has almost persuaded me that this passage originally stood thus : 66 66 The cloyed will , ( That's satiate , yet unsatisfied ...
The present irregularity of metre has almost persuaded me that this passage originally stood thus : 66 66 The cloyed will , ( That's satiate , yet unsatisfied ...
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
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