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 6Rwington, 1821 |
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Page 60
... editors , following Mr. Pope , read , with more delicacy — their feet . -An editor by such capricious alterations deprives the reader of the means of judging of the manners of different ages ; for the word employed in the text ...
... editors , following Mr. Pope , read , with more delicacy — their feet . -An editor by such capricious alterations deprives the reader of the means of judging of the manners of different ages ; for the word employed in the text ...
Page 61
... editors read - A ball ! a ball ! The former ex- clamation occurs frequently in the old comedies , and signifies , make room . So , in the comedy of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 : " Room ! room ! α hall ! a hall ! " Again , in Ben Jonson's ...
... editors read - A ball ! a ball ! The former ex- clamation occurs frequently in the old comedies , and signifies , make room . So , in the comedy of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 : " Room ! room ! α hall ! a hall ! " Again , in Ben Jonson's ...
Page 62
... editor . M. MASON . 5 - Our DANCING days : ] Thus the folio : the quarto reads , " our standing days . " STEEVENS . 6 Will you tell me , & c . ] This speech stands thus in the first copy : " " " Will you tell me that ? it cannot be so ...
... editor . M. MASON . 5 - Our DANCING days : ] Thus the folio : the quarto reads , " our standing days . " STEEVENS . 6 Will you tell me , & c . ] This speech stands thus in the first copy : " " " Will you tell me that ? it cannot be so ...
Page 68
... editors have substituted chink . MALONE . 2 We have a trifling foolish banquet TOWARDS . ] Towards is ready , at hand . So , in Hamlet : " What might be towards , that this sweaty haste 66 - " Doth make the night joint labourer with the ...
... editors have substituted chink . MALONE . 2 We have a trifling foolish banquet TOWARDS . ] Towards is ready , at hand . So , in Hamlet : " What might be towards , that this sweaty haste 66 - " Doth make the night joint labourer with the ...
Page 70
... editors , adopting Mr. Rowe's alteration , read - groan'd sore . This is one of the many changes that have been made in the text from not attending to ancient phraseology ; for this kind of duplication was common in Shakspeare's time ...
... editors , adopting Mr. Rowe's alteration , read - groan'd sore . This is one of the many changes that have been made in the text from not attending to ancient phraseology ; for this kind of duplication was common in Shakspeare's time ...
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Antony and Cleopatra art thou beauty Benvolio better BOSWELL brest called Capulet daughter dead death dost doth DUKE edition editors emendation Enter Exeunt eyes fair father fear fool Fortune Friar fryer give gleek greefe hand hart hath heart heaven JOHNSON King Henry kiss lady live lord Love's Labour's Lost lovers lyfe MALONE Mantua married means Mercutio Montague musick mynde night nurce NURSE old copy Orlando Paris passage payne Phebe play poem poet Pope pray prince quarto quintain quoth Rape of Lucrece Romeo Romeus and Juliet Rosalind scene second folio Shakspeare Shakspeare's sorrow speak speech STEEVENS stryfe sweet tears tell thee theyr thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thought tomb TOUCH Tybalt unto Verona WARBURTON wilt word wyfe youth