The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Band 1 |
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He collated the old copies , which none had thought to examine before , and
rePored many lines to their integrity ; but , by a very compendious criticism , he
rejected whatever he disiked , and thought more of amputation than of cure . I
know ...
He collated the old copies , which none had thought to examine before , and
rePored many lines to their integrity ; but , by a very compendious criticism , he
rejected whatever he disiked , and thought more of amputation than of cure . I
know ...
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This was a work which Pope seems to have thought unworthy of his abilities ,
being not able to suppress his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He
understood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet ,
like other ...
This was a work which Pope seems to have thought unworthy of his abilities ,
being not able to suppress his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He
understood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet ,
like other ...
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By these men it was thought a praise to Shakespeare , that he scarce ever člotted
a line . This they industriously propagated , as appears from what we are told by
Ben Johnson in his Discoveries , and from the preface of Heminges and ...
By these men it was thought a praise to Shakespeare , that he scarce ever člotted
a line . This they industriously propagated , as appears from what we are told by
Ben Johnson in his Discoveries , and from the preface of Heminges and ...
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Hence , the greatest men of antiquity never thought themselves better employed
than in cultivating their own country idiom . So Lycurgus did honour to Sparta , in
giving the first compleat edition of Homer ; and Cicero , to Rome , in correcting ...
Hence , the greatest men of antiquity never thought themselves better employed
than in cultivating their own country idiom . So Lycurgus did honour to Sparta , in
giving the first compleat edition of Homer ; and Cicero , to Rome , in correcting ...
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The editor now before you was apprized in time of this truth ; saw the wretched
condition his author was reduced to by these late tamperings , and thought
seriously of a cure for it , and that so long ago as the year 1745 ; for the attempt
was first ...
The editor now before you was apprized in time of this truth ; saw the wretched
condition his author was reduced to by these late tamperings , and thought
seriously of a cure for it , and that so long ago as the year 1745 ; for the attempt
was first ...
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