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Page 14
Edward Allott was one of the publishers of the second folio , 1632 . . 208 109 It
has hitherto been usual to represent the ancient quartos of our author as by far
more incorrect than those of his contemporaries ; but , I fear , that this
representation ...
Edward Allott was one of the publishers of the second folio , 1632 . . 208 109 It
has hitherto been usual to represent the ancient quartos of our author as by far
more incorrect than those of his contemporaries ; but , I fear , that this
representation ...
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To such a curiosity no very adequate gratification can be afforded ; but yet it may
be observed , that as these elder copies poffefs many advantages over those in
the fubfequent folio , we should decide perversely were we to pronounce them ...
To such a curiosity no very adequate gratification can be afforded ; but yet it may
be observed , that as these elder copies poffefs many advantages over those in
the fubfequent folio , we should decide perversely were we to pronounce them ...
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23 Of all the remaining plays the most authentick edition is the folio 1623 ; yet that
of 1632 is not without value ; for though it be in some places more incorrectly
printed than the preceding one , it has likewise the advantage of various readings
...
23 Of all the remaining plays the most authentick edition is the folio 1623 ; yet that
of 1632 is not without value ; for though it be in some places more incorrectly
printed than the preceding one , it has likewise the advantage of various readings
...
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Sometimes leaves have been inserted from the second folio , and , in a known
instance , the entire play of Cymbeiine ; the genuine date at the end of it ( 1632 )
having been altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt such
...
Sometimes leaves have been inserted from the second folio , and , in a known
instance , the entire play of Cymbeiine ; the genuine date at the end of it ( 1632 )
having been altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt such
...
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It would be difficult to name four folios that are oftener found in dirty and mutilated
condition , than this first assemblage of Shakspeare's plays — God's Revenge
against Murder the Gentleman's Recreation - and Johnson's Lives of the ...
It would be difficult to name four folios that are oftener found in dirty and mutilated
condition , than this first assemblage of Shakspeare's plays — God's Revenge
against Murder the Gentleman's Recreation - and Johnson's Lives of the ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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