The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page 71
... metre , or rhyme , rendered correction impossi- ble . Whether it is to be attributed to the poet or his printer , it is such a gross offence against grammar , as no modern eye or ear could have endured , if from a wish to exhibit our ...
... metre , or rhyme , rendered correction impossi- ble . Whether it is to be attributed to the poet or his printer , it is such a gross offence against grammar , as no modern eye or ear could have endured , if from a wish to exhibit our ...
Page 78
... metre perfect without it . STEEVENS . 9 She's MY GOOD LADY ; ] This is said ironically . " My good lady " is equivalent to - my good friend . So , in King Henry IV . But the worst of me . To the worst of 78 ACT II . CYMBELINE .
... metre perfect without it . STEEVENS . 9 She's MY GOOD LADY ; ] This is said ironically . " My good lady " is equivalent to - my good friend . So , in King Henry IV . But the worst of me . To the worst of 78 ACT II . CYMBELINE .
Page 81
... metre : I 66 —— Is one of the fairest , " & c . or let her beauty STEEVENS . Look through a casement to allure false hearts , ] So , in Ti- mon of Athens : " Let not those milk paps , " That through the window bars bore at men's eyes ...
... metre : I 66 —— Is one of the fairest , " & c . or let her beauty STEEVENS . Look through a casement to allure false hearts , ] So , in Ti- mon of Athens : " Let not those milk paps , " That through the window bars bore at men's eyes ...
Page 83
... metre , shows that some word has been accidentally omitted in this or in the pre- ceding hemistich . Sir Thomas Hanmer reads : 66 Why this is true . " STEEVENS . And this you might have heard of here , by G 2 SC . IV . 83 CYMBELINE .
... metre , shows that some word has been accidentally omitted in this or in the pre- ceding hemistich . Sir Thomas Hanmer reads : 66 Why this is true . " STEEVENS . And this you might have heard of here , by G 2 SC . IV . 83 CYMBELINE .
Page 85
... honour . JOHNSON . 5 Let it be granted , & c . ] Surely , for the sake of metre , we should read , with some former editor [ Mr. Capell ] : " Be it granted . " STEEVENS . Be pale ; I beg but leave to air this SC . IV . 85 CYMBELINE .
... honour . JOHNSON . 5 Let it be granted , & c . ] Surely , for the sake of metre , we should read , with some former editor [ Mr. Capell ] : " Be it granted . " STEEVENS . Be pale ; I beg but leave to air this SC . IV . 85 CYMBELINE .
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