Strictures on Mr. Collier's New Edition of Shakespeare, 1858 |
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... evidently required by the sense in the lines- ' For speculation turns not to itself Till it hath travell'd , and is married there Where it may see itself , ' HAD NOT ESCAPED THE CORRECTOR OF MY SECOND FOLIO , who has taken considerable ...
... evidently required by the sense in the lines- ' For speculation turns not to itself Till it hath travell'd , and is married there Where it may see itself , ' HAD NOT ESCAPED THE CORRECTOR OF MY SECOND FOLIO , who has taken considerable ...
Page 27
... evidently " the hangman boys , " i . e . the rascal boys - the editor of the second folio struck out the s from the wrong word . P. 151 , -act iv . sc . 4 . " Her eyes are green as grass , ' & c . In the folio , 1623 , the words are ...
... evidently " the hangman boys , " i . e . the rascal boys - the editor of the second folio struck out the s from the wrong word . P. 151 , -act iv . sc . 4 . " Her eyes are green as grass , ' & c . In the folio , 1623 , the words are ...
Page 39
... evidently a misprint for concupiscence . On the very next page ' pay ' should as certainly be stay ; but these mistakes have not been detected . The blunder on p . 230 of wonder ' for wan- derer , and on p . 275 of ' lustly ' for lusty ...
... evidently a misprint for concupiscence . On the very next page ' pay ' should as certainly be stay ; but these mistakes have not been detected . The blunder on p . 230 of wonder ' for wan- derer , and on p . 275 of ' lustly ' for lusty ...
Page 42
... evidently the true one ; 66 Marry , and did , sir ; namely , no time to recover hair lost by nature . " P. 392 , -act iii . sc . 2 . " Ant . S. What's her name ? Dro . S. Nell , sir ; but her name is three quarters , that is , an ell ...
... evidently the true one ; 66 Marry , and did , sir ; namely , no time to recover hair lost by nature . " P. 392 , -act iii . sc . 2 . " Ant . S. What's her name ? Dro . S. Nell , sir ; but her name is three quarters , that is , an ell ...
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... evidently right , he treats his alteration as " needless . " - The fact that the old copies have no point between " thee " and " seeming , " ́may perhaps weigh little against Mr. Collier's lection ; which , how- ever , is proved to be ...
... evidently right , he treats his alteration as " needless . " - The fact that the old copies have no point between " thee " and " seeming , " ́may perhaps weigh little against Mr. Collier's lection ; which , how- ever , is proved to be ...
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