The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 |
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... seems therefore necessary to reverse Scott's proceeding , and instead of taking the latest version which may pretend to some authority , and correcting by the first editions , to take the first editions and correct , if necessary , by ...
... seems therefore necessary to reverse Scott's proceeding , and instead of taking the latest version which may pretend to some authority , and correcting by the first editions , to take the first editions and correct , if necessary , by ...
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... seems to be worth retaining . So again " wracked " instead of " wrecked " is an instance of a real change , if not a very important one , and besides has the advantage of being a more sonorous and therefore more poetical word . Again ...
... seems to be worth retaining . So again " wracked " instead of " wrecked " is an instance of a real change , if not a very important one , and besides has the advantage of being a more sonorous and therefore more poetical word . Again ...
Page 7
... seems sufficient to show which of Scott's modernisations should be accepted and which should not . But it does more than this : it emboldens the editor who observes it to take an occasional step in advance of Scott . We do not now write ...
... seems sufficient to show which of Scott's modernisations should be accepted and which should not . But it does more than this : it emboldens the editor who observes it to take an occasional step in advance of Scott . We do not now write ...
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... seem surprising that any editor should have failed to see that while the process of tossing a man out of his own cellar is an odd one at all times , it becomes physically impossible when he has previously been carried to bed . But I ...
... seem surprising that any editor should have failed to see that while the process of tossing a man out of his own cellar is an odd one at all times , it becomes physically impossible when he has previously been carried to bed . But I ...
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... seems to me proper to be said , and there is no need to repeat it here . Those who , ignorant of the criticisms generally passed on these plays , read them here , will very likely be disappointed ; those who , know- ing the criticisms ...
... seems to me proper to be said , and there is no need to repeat it here . Those who , ignorant of the criticisms generally passed on these plays , read them here , will very likely be disappointed ; those who , know- ing the criticisms ...
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