Strictures on Mr. Collier's New Edition of Shakespeare, 1858 |
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Page vii
... work being to expose the ungentle- manly treatment which I have received at the hands of one who seems to take a pleasure in proclaiming that he was once my friend . A. DYCE . ERRATA . P. 32 , last line , and p PREFACE . vii.
... work being to expose the ungentle- manly treatment which I have received at the hands of one who seems to take a pleasure in proclaiming that he was once my friend . A. DYCE . ERRATA . P. 32 , last line , and p PREFACE . vii.
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... change . " On turning to the two editions of Shakespeare which lie nearest my hand , Theobald's of 1740 , and the Variorum of 1821 , I find in The Taming of the Shrew VOL . I. ] 3 OF MR . COLLIER'S SHAKESPEARE . CORIOLANUS.
... change . " On turning to the two editions of Shakespeare which lie nearest my hand , Theobald's of 1740 , and the Variorum of 1821 , I find in The Taming of the Shrew VOL . I. ] 3 OF MR . COLLIER'S SHAKESPEARE . CORIOLANUS.
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... hands that ' meanly ' must be an error , and various suggestions , indeed all but the right , have been made to amend it . The fact is , that as in ' Midsummer - Night's Dream , ' news is a misprint for means , ' so in ' Dido ' meanly ...
... hands that ' meanly ' must be an error , and various suggestions , indeed all but the right , have been made to amend it . The fact is , that as in ' Midsummer - Night's Dream , ' news is a misprint for means , ' so in ' Dido ' meanly ...
Page 28
... hands , " & c . The concluding part of Mr. Collier's note affords a curious proof of his unwillingness to give up as indefensible an emend- ation of the old Corrector , even when there is overwhelming evidence of its being wrong , " it ...
... hands , " & c . The concluding part of Mr. Collier's note affords a curious proof of his unwillingness to give up as indefensible an emend- ation of the old Corrector , even when there is overwhelming evidence of its being wrong , " it ...
Page 39
... hands , and which he at first supposed to be " some pack of worth coin or jewels " ( p . 227 ) . Does Mr. Collier really imagine that Don John would call the new - born infant " good wan- derer " ? 2. In the same play ; " I know it by ...
... hands , and which he at first supposed to be " some pack of worth coin or jewels " ( p . 227 ) . Does Mr. Collier really imagine that Don John would call the new - born infant " good wan- derer " ? 2. In the same play ; " I know it by ...
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