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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... the bud bit with an envious worm , Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the same 9 . 8 Ben . Have you impórtun'd , & c . ] These two speeches also omitted in edition 1597 , but inserted in 1599.
... the bud bit with an envious worm , Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air , Or dedicate his beauty to the same 9 . 8 Ben . Have you impórtun'd , & c . ] These two speeches also omitted in edition 1597 , but inserted in 1599.
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There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
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4 She is the hopeful lady of my earth : ] This line is not in the first edition . POPE . " She is the hopeful lady of my earth . " This is a Gallicism : Fille de terre is the French phrase for an heiress . King Kichard II . calls his ...
4 She is the hopeful lady of my earth : ] This line is not in the first edition . POPE . " She is the hopeful lady of my earth . " This is a Gallicism : Fille de terre is the French phrase for an heiress . King Kichard II . calls his ...
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In all these instances Copland's edition , printed not many years after , reads - yeomen . So again , in the ancient legend of Adam Bel , printed by Copland : " There met he these wight yonge men . " Now go we hence sayed these wight ...
In all these instances Copland's edition , printed not many years after , reads - yeomen . So again , in the ancient legend of Adam Bel , printed by Copland : " There met he these wight yonge men . " Now go we hence sayed these wight ...
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This speech and tautology is not in the first edition . POPE . 7 It is an HONOUR- ] The first quarto reads honour ; the folio , hour . I have chosen the reading of the quarto . The word hour seems to have nothing in it that could draw ...
This speech and tautology is not in the first edition . POPE . 7 It is an HONOUR- ] The first quarto reads honour ; the folio , hour . I have chosen the reading of the quarto . The word hour seems to have nothing in it that could draw ...
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