On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its Improvement, 2. köideLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1866 |
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... scarcely be deemed out of place ) , had it not been for the connexion of the lines in which the mis - reading occurs , with the next point to be considered . In the last line but one , the word curb is an arbitrary but plausible ...
... scarcely be deemed out of place ) , had it not been for the connexion of the lines in which the mis - reading occurs , with the next point to be considered . In the last line but one , the word curb is an arbitrary but plausible ...
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... quotation marks : 66 But , gentle lady Anne , — To leave this keen encounter of our wits , And fall somewhat into a slower method . " VOL . II . C Act i . sc . 2 . " may appear to be scarcely a Shakespearian word , has HAMLET . 17.
... quotation marks : 66 But , gentle lady Anne , — To leave this keen encounter of our wits , And fall somewhat into a slower method . " VOL . II . C Act i . sc . 2 . " may appear to be scarcely a Shakespearian word , has HAMLET . 17.
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Samuel Bailey. may appear to be scarcely a Shakespearian word , has in fact been used by Hamlet just before in the phrase " to make true diction of him ; " i . e . to make true speech about him ; and ( 3 ) , that " most profound and ...
Samuel Bailey. may appear to be scarcely a Shakespearian word , has in fact been used by Hamlet just before in the phrase " to make true diction of him ; " i . e . to make true speech about him ; and ( 3 ) , that " most profound and ...
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... scarcely have said teems to speak , but would 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 for the occasion is ...
... scarcely have said teems to speak , but would 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 for the occasion is ...
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... scarcely need add that to ascend the throne is a familiar phrase with our author , as it is with other writers . The alteration of a single word in another passage effects a similar although a less important improvement . Macbeth ...
... scarcely need add that to ascend the throne is a familiar phrase with our author , as it is with other writers . The alteration of a single word in another passage effects a similar although a less important improvement . Macbeth ...
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