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... word . In Troilus and Cressida , ' A. iii . sc . 2 , for the first time I printed , ' Love's thrice - repured nectar ' for ' thrice - reputed , ' as it has always stood ; and Mr. Dyce adopts it in silence . In the same way , in ' The ...
... word . In Troilus and Cressida , ' A. iii . sc . 2 , for the first time I printed , ' Love's thrice - repured nectar ' for ' thrice - reputed , ' as it has always stood ; and Mr. Dyce adopts it in silence . In the same way , in ' The ...
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... word etymologically ) the word ' gloze , ' which has always hitherto been close , from the corrected folio , 1632. Surely , this is most unfair ; and it is so unfair , that it astonishes me how the Rev. Mr. Dyce could be guilty of it ...
... word etymologically ) the word ' gloze , ' which has always hitherto been close , from the corrected folio , 1632. Surely , this is most unfair ; and it is so unfair , that it astonishes me how the Rev. Mr. Dyce could be guilty of it ...
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... word co - meddled . How could the rev . editor , just above it , print · Oh , horrible salary ! 6 What sense can ... words from The Tempest , act iv . sc . 1 , " and thy brown groves " ( the Ms. Corrector's reading for " and thy broom ...
... word co - meddled . How could the rev . editor , just above it , print · Oh , horrible salary ! 6 What sense can ... words from The Tempest , act iv . sc . 1 , " and thy brown groves " ( the Ms. Corrector's reading for " and thy broom ...
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... word , which the poet , on that very account , may have preferred , ” & c . , -than which nothing can be more exquisitely ridiculous . P. 279. Mr. Collier , having adopted , in Cymbeline VOL . I. ] 15 OF MR . COLLIER'S SHAKESPEARE .
... word , which the poet , on that very account , may have preferred , ” & c . , -than which nothing can be more exquisitely ridiculous . P. 279. Mr. Collier , having adopted , in Cymbeline VOL . I. ] 15 OF MR . COLLIER'S SHAKESPEARE .
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... , as I have mentioned in my note , the editor of 1816 substituted " temptation " ) , I am much mistaken if I have not met with the word elsewhere : and it has found a place in Mr. Halliwell's Dict 18 [ VOL . I. STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES.
... , as I have mentioned in my note , the editor of 1816 substituted " temptation " ) , I am much mistaken if I have not met with the word elsewhere : and it has found a place in Mr. Halliwell's Dict 18 [ VOL . I. STRICTURES ON SOME PASSAGES.
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adduced adopted alteration amended ancient Antony authority Beaumont and Fletcher's blunder Cæsar cited cloth Collier Collier says commiseration conjecture Coriolanus corr corrected Corrector Cymbeline death of sleep dispos'd doth doubt Dyce Dyce's edition of Shakespeare emendation English epithet error fairies favour former edition gives Hanmer hath honour inserted instance J. O. HALLIWELL King Henry King Lear language lection lord Love's Labour's lost Malone Master Doctor means Merchant of Venice merely misprint modern editors never night observes old annotator old copies old printer old reading old text original price play poet poet's poor Post 8vo present passage printed quarto queen reader reference Remarks rhyme Richard III scene Scornful Lady second folio sense Shakespeare Singer speak speech spelling stage-direction stand Staunton Steevens substituted Tamburlaine thee Theobald thou Timon tion Troilus and Cressida word wrong
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