The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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... folio , 1632 . 208 109 It has hitherto been ufual to reprefent the an- cient quartos of our author as by far more incor- rect than thofe of his contemporaries ; but , I fear , that this representation has been continued by many of us ...
... folio , 1632 . 208 109 It has hitherto been ufual to reprefent the an- cient quartos of our author as by far more incor- rect than thofe of his contemporaries ; but , I fear , that this representation has been continued by many of us ...
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... folio , we fhould decide perverfely were we to pronounce them fpurious . They were in all probability iffued out by fome performer , who , deriving no benefit from the theatre except his falary , was uninterested in that retention of ...
... folio , we fhould decide perverfely were we to pronounce them fpurious . They were in all probability iffued out by fome performer , who , deriving no benefit from the theatre except his falary , was uninterested in that retention of ...
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... folio 1623 ; yet that of 1632 is not without value ; for though it be in fome places more incorrectly printed than ... folio 1632 ; but take this opportunity of confeffing a mistake into which I was led by too implicit a reliance on the ...
... folio 1623 ; yet that of 1632 is not without value ; for though it be in fome places more incorrectly printed than ... folio 1632 ; but take this opportunity of confeffing a mistake into which I was led by too implicit a reliance on the ...
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... folio , and , in a known inftance , the entire play of Cym- beiine ; the genuine date at the end of it ( 1632 ) having been altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt fuch con- trivances while the book was only ...
... folio , and , in a known inftance , the entire play of Cym- beiine ; the genuine date at the end of it ( 1632 ) having been altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt fuch con- trivances while the book was only ...
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... folios that are oftener found in dirty and mutilated condition , than this firft affemblage of Shakspeare's plays God's Revenge against Murder- the Gentleman's Recreation - and Johnfon's Lives of the Highwaymen . ― 19 Though Shakspeare ...
... folios that are oftener found in dirty and mutilated condition , than this firft affemblage of Shakspeare's plays God's Revenge against Murder- the Gentleman's Recreation - and Johnfon's Lives of the Highwaymen . ― 19 Though Shakspeare ...
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