The Old Dramatists: Conjectural ReadingsThacker, Spink, 1898 - 215 pages |
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Page 51
... nonsense , which a ' silken well ' assuredly is , whether we take well as puteus , or as goodness , virtue . Further , ' How silken is this well , compara- = tively to other men ' would be intolerately harsh . Massinger 51.
... nonsense , which a ' silken well ' assuredly is , whether we take well as puteus , or as goodness , virtue . Further , ' How silken is this well , compara- = tively to other men ' would be intolerately harsh . Massinger 51.
Page 77
... nonsense for another , and given the passage thus , Whimseyes our ibit soes . ' 56 " " } I believe we should read , Whimsy scarabouses , ie . , fantastic blind beetles . The ' foolish ambitious Steward , ' as Jacomo is styled in the ...
... nonsense for another , and given the passage thus , Whimseyes our ibit soes . ' 56 " " } I believe we should read , Whimsy scarabouses , ie . , fantastic blind beetles . The ' foolish ambitious Steward , ' as Jacomo is styled in the ...
Page 98
... nonsense of the passage , I can only suggest else , i.e. , if you cannot be otherwise brought to forsake the court . In Brome's play of The Queen's Ex- change , iii . I. vol . iii . p . 505 , Pearson's Reprints , we have : - ' Come thou ...
... nonsense of the passage , I can only suggest else , i.e. , if you cannot be otherwise brought to forsake the court . In Brome's play of The Queen's Ex- change , iii . I. vol . iii . p . 505 , Pearson's Reprints , we have : - ' Come thou ...
Page 156
... nonsense of a passage which , with a comma at ' world ' and another at diadem ' is as clear as daylight . the next page , for ' See , where he sits with sorrow in his eyes ! Three of his sons and hers tutor❜d by her : On Smiles ...
... nonsense of a passage which , with a comma at ' world ' and another at diadem ' is as clear as daylight . the next page , for ' See , where he sits with sorrow in his eyes ! Three of his sons and hers tutor❜d by her : On Smiles ...
Page 165
... nonsense of the passage . I believe the line to be quite sound , and to mean that her words and her acts went hand in hand ; much ' being merely a sacrifice to the exigencies of rhyme . Commas should of course be placed before and after ...
... nonsense of the passage . I believe the line to be quite sound , and to mean that her words and her acts went hand in hand ; much ' being merely a sacrifice to the exigencies of rhyme . Commas should of course be placed before and after ...
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