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... edition , stigmatizes this scene as " composed of the lowest and most trifling conceits , to be accounted for only from the gross taste of the age . Populo ut placerent . " He felt inclined to omit it altogether , under the notion that ...
... edition , stigmatizes this scene as " composed of the lowest and most trifling conceits , to be accounted for only from the gross taste of the age . Populo ut placerent . " He felt inclined to omit it altogether , under the notion that ...
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... edition retains the original reading , as meaning , ( says Malone , ) " She being so hard to me who was the bearer of ... editions have it ) was the adverb used in Shakespeare's time . " too harsh a DESCANT " - " The ' descant ' formerly ...
... edition retains the original reading , as meaning , ( says Malone , ) " She being so hard to me who was the bearer of ... editions have it ) was the adverb used in Shakespeare's time . " too harsh a DESCANT " - " The ' descant ' formerly ...
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... editions , as " A Dumpe " of the sixteenth century . 66 This , or else nothing , will INHERIT her " -To " inherit " is sometimes used by Shakespeare for to ob- tain possession of , without any idea of acquiring by in- heritance . Milton ...
... editions , as " A Dumpe " of the sixteenth century . 66 This , or else nothing , will INHERIT her " -To " inherit " is sometimes used by Shakespeare for to ob- tain possession of , without any idea of acquiring by in- heritance . Milton ...
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... editions to Thurio , certainly belongs to Julia . " That they are out by lease " -Lord Hailes sug- gested that ... edition follows the reading of the folio of 1632 : the folio of 1623 omits " now . " Malone and other editors read , on ...
... editions to Thurio , certainly belongs to Julia . " That they are out by lease " -Lord Hailes sug- gested that ... edition follows the reading of the folio of 1632 : the folio of 1623 omits " now . " Malone and other editors read , on ...
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... editions , yet , on the other hand , the misprints may in general be easily corrected ; and when the precise correction is not very certain , that is sel- dom very material , as the interest and jest of the scene depend mainly upon the ...
... editions , yet , on the other hand , the misprints may in general be easily corrected ; and when the precise correction is not very certain , that is sel- dom very material , as the interest and jest of the scene depend mainly upon the ...
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