Strictures on Mr. Collier's New Edition of Shakespeare, 1858 |
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... passage in ' Henry IV . Part II . , ' A. i . sc . 2 , where Falstaff says , ' And so both the degrees prevent my curses , ' as the words have been invariably printed from 1623 to 1857. What , then , is the emendation in my corr . fo ...
... passage in ' Henry IV . Part II . , ' A. i . sc . 2 , where Falstaff says , ' And so both the degrees prevent my curses , ' as the words have been invariably printed from 1623 to 1857. What , then , is the emendation in my corr . fo ...
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... passage of Beaumont and Fletcher's Custom of the Country , in which , according to Mr. Collier , 6 [ VOL . I. STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES.
... passage of Beaumont and Fletcher's Custom of the Country , in which , according to Mr. Collier , 6 [ VOL . I. STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES.
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... passage it is an obvious enough emendation : Mr. Grant White ( Shakespeare's Scho- lar , & c . , p . 172 ) never imagined that he was not proposing it for the first time , when in a note on the passage he observed , " Why ' close ...
... passage it is an obvious enough emendation : Mr. Grant White ( Shakespeare's Scho- lar , & c . , p . 172 ) never imagined that he was not proposing it for the first time , when in a note on the passage he observed , " Why ' close ...
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... passage in Midsummer - Night's Dream , act iii . sc . 2 , runs thus ; “ Her . What , can you do me greater harm than hate ? Hate me ! wherefore ? O me ! what news , my love ? Am not I Hermia ? are not you Lysander ? " & c . ; and though ...
... passage in Midsummer - Night's Dream , act iii . sc . 2 , runs thus ; “ Her . What , can you do me greater harm than hate ? Hate me ! wherefore ? O me ! what news , my love ? Am not I Hermia ? are not you Lysander ? " & c . ; and though ...
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... passage in The Taming of the Shrew , act i . sc . 1 ( which was first adduced by me to illustrate the present one , in the Add . and Corr . to my ed . of Shakespeare ) renders it doubtful in that scene Lucentio exchanges dress with his ...
... passage in The Taming of the Shrew , act i . sc . 1 ( which was first adduced by me to illustrate the present one , in the Add . and Corr . to my ed . of Shakespeare ) renders it doubtful in that scene Lucentio exchanges dress with his ...
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