Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, with an Appendix, Containing Some Further Observations on Shakespeare, Extended to the Late Editions of Malone and Steevens. By the Right Honourable J. Monck Mason, Volume 2V. Griffiths, 1798 - 67 pages |
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Page vii
... intended for prose . This plan was ill conceived , and miserably executed ; it has led the editors into many difficulties , and , instead of adding honour to the poets they wished to ' illustrate , has tended to degrade them ; for there ...
... intended for prose . This plan was ill conceived , and miserably executed ; it has led the editors into many difficulties , and , instead of adding honour to the poets they wished to ' illustrate , has tended to degrade them ; for there ...
Page ix
... intended as an improvement on it . The only ancient copy in my possession , is the second folio , which I read with more satisfaction than either of the modern , as it has more the ap- pearance of originality , which is agreeable to ...
... intended as an improvement on it . The only ancient copy in my possession , is the second folio , which I read with more satisfaction than either of the modern , as it has more the ap- pearance of originality , which is agreeable to ...
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... is more repugnant to night and her attendants , than even the splendour of the day . The compliment mentioned by the Editors was certainly intended , and will still remain , though Seward's amendment should be adopted : but it is 5.
... is more repugnant to night and her attendants , than even the splendour of the day . The compliment mentioned by the Editors was certainly intended , and will still remain , though Seward's amendment should be adopted : but it is 5.
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... Editors are right in supposing that those words , what do you lack , are intended to de- note the lower class of tradesmen and shop- keepers . This explanation is confirmed by the speech of the old Captain in the following page , 26 .
... Editors are right in supposing that those words , what do you lack , are intended to de- note the lower class of tradesmen and shop- keepers . This explanation is confirmed by the speech of the old Captain in the following page , 26 .
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... intended as a ridicule of the ca- tastrophe of Ophelia , in Shakespeare's Hamlet . I do not believe that the author had Ophelia in contemplation ; nor can any thing be more ab- surd than the idea generally entertained by the last ...
... intended as a ridicule of the ca- tastrophe of Ophelia , in Shakespeare's Hamlet . I do not believe that the author had Ophelia in contemplation ; nor can any thing be more ab- surd than the idea generally entertained by the last ...
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