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Page 78
... editor of Shakespeare . Added stage - directions are assigned to the earliest editor to use them , though in many cases the wording has been silently modified . Certain alterations and insertions are wholly the work of modern editors ...
... editor of Shakespeare . Added stage - directions are assigned to the earliest editor to use them , though in many cases the wording has been silently modified . Certain alterations and insertions are wholly the work of modern editors ...
Page 180
... editors neither long enough nor appro- priate ( see Introduction , p . 68 ) . Similar ideas are expressed by the Duke at 3.1.442-6 . The general sense of the passage is that those who have power and authority are scrutinized by millions ...
... editors neither long enough nor appro- priate ( see Introduction , p . 68 ) . Similar ideas are expressed by the Duke at 3.1.442-6 . The general sense of the passage is that those who have power and authority are scrutinized by millions ...
Page 235
... editors accept it as authentic . As Lever notes ( pp . 93-4 ) , the speech falls into four parts ; if a couplet is missing , each section was originally six lines long . Lines 515-20 generalize about the behaviour expected from a ruler ...
... editors accept it as authentic . As Lever notes ( pp . 93-4 ) , the speech falls into four parts ; if a couplet is missing , each section was originally six lines long . Lines 515-20 generalize about the behaviour expected from a ruler ...
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