On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its Improvement, 2. köideLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1866 |
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... probably con- Iclude with me that so it came from the clear- headed author . On looking into the editions of Theobald and Haniner , I find that they both have denote . Polonius , in conversation with the King and Queen , repeats to them ...
... probably con- Iclude with me that so it came from the clear- headed author . On looking into the editions of Theobald and Haniner , I find that they both have denote . Polonius , in conversation with the King and Queen , repeats to them ...
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... probably employ in its place the verb corrode , which has the same signification : " Love is corroded by time . " This mode of ex- * Boswell's " Malone , " vol . vii . p . 453 . pressing moral waste or disintegration ( if I may be 14 ...
... probably employ in its place the verb corrode , which has the same signification : " Love is corroded by time . " This mode of ex- * Boswell's " Malone , " vol . vii . p . 453 . pressing moral waste or disintegration ( if I may be 14 ...
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... probably be reminded of Ovid's well - known verses : " Tempus edax rerum , tuque invidiosa vetustas , Omnia destruitis , vitiataque dentibus ævi Paullatim lentâ consumitis omnia morte . " Met . lib . xv . 234 . But my strongest support ...
... probably be reminded of Ovid's well - known verses : " Tempus edax rerum , tuque invidiosa vetustas , Omnia destruitis , vitiataque dentibus ævi Paullatim lentâ consumitis omnia morte . " Met . lib . xv . 234 . But my strongest support ...
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... probably repeated before the second epithet , " most re- nowned , " and this would be an improvement , " most profound and most renowned opinions . " Every one will probably recollect the expression in " Richard III . , " which is so ...
... probably repeated before the second epithet , " most re- nowned , " and this would be an improvement , " most profound and most renowned opinions . " Every one will probably recollect the expression in " Richard III . , " which is so ...
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... probably have em ployed some such phrase as " that teems with things strange , " or " whose tongue or breast teems with things strange . " At all events , the messenger cannot be described as " teeming to speak " with- C 2 19 Macbeth.
... probably have em ployed some such phrase as " that teems with things strange , " or " whose tongue or breast teems with things strange . " At all events , the messenger cannot be described as " teeming to speak " with- C 2 19 Macbeth.
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