Observations on some of the manuscript emendations of the text of Shakespeare, and are they copyright? |
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... corrected by Dryden and Davenant in the seventeenth century , and , more recently , by Mr. Dyce . 21. Most busy , —blest , when I do it . An emendation characterised by Mr. Dyce as " forced and awkward in the very extreme . " The old ...
... corrected by Dryden and Davenant in the seventeenth century , and , more recently , by Mr. Dyce . 21. Most busy , —blest , when I do it . An emendation characterised by Mr. Dyce as " forced and awkward in the very extreme . " The old ...
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... correction , leads the reader to infer , in the following terms , that it is an original emen- dation : - " P. 267. In several preceding scenes we are informed that Anne Page was to represent the Fairy Queen in the attack upon Falstaff ...
... correction , leads the reader to infer , in the following terms , that it is an original emen- dation : - " P. 267. In several preceding scenes we are informed that Anne Page was to represent the Fairy Queen in the attack upon Falstaff ...
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... corrections , mentioned by Mr. Collier in his eight volume edition , are introduced into his supplementary work , without the remark that they have been previously noticed . It is readily to be understood that Mr. Collier , compiling ...
... corrections , mentioned by Mr. Collier in his eight volume edition , are introduced into his supplementary work , without the remark that they have been previously noticed . It is readily to be understood that Mr. Collier , compiling ...
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... corrections which proved to be questionable on examination : but does not all this lead to the conviction that a hasty assent will probably not be lasting ? In the same way , on the first publication of a portion of the annotations ...
... corrections which proved to be questionable on examination : but does not all this lead to the conviction that a hasty assent will probably not be lasting ? In the same way , on the first publication of a portion of the annotations ...
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