On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its Improvement, 2. köideLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1866 |
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... latter mainly constitutes the imprint of any object ) , and would thus create a pleonasm . The interpretation of the passage , according to Dr. Johnson , would really be " to show the face and body of the time ( in the mirrour ) , both ...
... latter mainly constitutes the imprint of any object ) , and would thus create a pleonasm . The interpretation of the passage , according to Dr. Johnson , would really be " to show the face and body of the time ( in the mirrour ) , both ...
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... latter part of this speech . The first thing that strikes me here is , the im- propriety of referring to " the tune of the time and outward habit of encounter 99 as " a kind of yesty collection . " How , or in what sense , can a tune ...
... latter part of this speech . The first thing that strikes me here is , the im- propriety of referring to " the tune of the time and outward habit of encounter 99 as " a kind of yesty collection . " How , or in what sense , can a tune ...
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... latter epithets by profound and renowned ; and , as the word col- lection conveys no definite idea , I would substitute diction for it . With the alterations here suggested , the disputed passage would stand as follows : Thus has he and ...
... latter epithets by profound and renowned ; and , as the word col- lection conveys no definite idea , I would substitute diction for it . With the alterations here suggested , the disputed passage would stand as follows : Thus has he and ...
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... latter as they occur . Two lines in the following passage are so obscure , or rather so devoid of sense , that any plausible attempt to rectify them ought to be welcomed . Rosse , bearing a message from Duncan , says to Macbeth : " when ...
... latter as they occur . Two lines in the following passage are so obscure , or rather so devoid of sense , that any plausible attempt to rectify them ought to be welcomed . Rosse , bearing a message from Duncan , says to Macbeth : " when ...
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... latter clause but it appears to me that , when he pro- poses to read keep pace , i.e. between the effect and the purpose , he does not supply the defi- ciency . By the addition of a single letter , we obtain , I think , a clear meaning ...
... latter clause but it appears to me that , when he pro- poses to read keep pace , i.e. between the effect and the purpose , he does not supply the defi- ciency . By the addition of a single letter , we obtain , I think , a clear meaning ...
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