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Page xvi
... author's age , should be at liberty to restore some apparent meaning to his
corrupted lines , and a decent flow to his obitructed versification . * Sufficient
instances of measure thus rendered defe & ive , and in the present edition
unamended ...
... author's age , should be at liberty to restore some apparent meaning to his
corrupted lines , and a decent flow to his obitructed versification . * Sufficient
instances of measure thus rendered defe & ive , and in the present edition
unamended ...
Page xvii
... suspicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the
present improved state of our dramatick arrangements ; for the propensity of
modern performers to alter words , and occafionally introduce ideas incongruous
with ...
... suspicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the
present improved state of our dramatick arrangements ; for the propensity of
modern performers to alter words , and occafionally introduce ideas incongruous
with ...
Page xix
... within half a century , ( when the present race of voluminous criticks is extinct )
cannot fail to be remedied by a judicious and frugal selection from the labours of
us all . Noris such an event to b 2 ADVERTISEMENT . xix.
... within half a century , ( when the present race of voluminous criticks is extinct )
cannot fail to be remedied by a judicious and frugal selection from the labours of
us all . Noris such an event to b 2 ADVERTISEMENT . xix.
Page xx
Noris such an event to be deprecated even by ourselves ; since we may be
certain that some ivy of each individual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak
, though not enough , as at present , to " hide the princely trunk , and fuck the
verdure ...
Noris such an event to be deprecated even by ourselves ; since we may be
certain that some ivy of each individual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak
, though not enough , as at present , to " hide the princely trunk , and fuck the
verdure ...
Page xxii
The good fortune that , till this present hour , has preserved the Chester and
Coventry Mysteries , Tancred and Gismund i as originally written , the ancient
play of Timon , the Witch of Middleton , with several older as well as coëval
dramas ...
The good fortune that , till this present hour , has preserved the Chester and
Coventry Mysteries , Tancred and Gismund i as originally written , the ancient
play of Timon , the Witch of Middleton , with several older as well as coëval
dramas ...
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