The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... of his not having been so scrupulous as he has described himself in making no alterations in other plays without notice to the reader . BOSWELL . ANTIOCHUS , King of Antioch . PERICLES , Prince of PRELIMINARY REMARKS . 9.
... of his not having been so scrupulous as he has described himself in making no alterations in other plays without notice to the reader . BOSWELL . ANTIOCHUS , King of Antioch . PERICLES , Prince of PRELIMINARY REMARKS . 9.
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... Boswell . 6 ' PURPOSE to make glorious ; & c . ] Old copy : " The purchase is to make men glorious ; " & c . STEevens . There is an irregularity of metre in this couplet . The same variation is observable in Macbeth : " I am for the air ...
... Boswell . 6 ' PURPOSE to make glorious ; & c . ] Old copy : " The purchase is to make men glorious ; " & c . STEevens . There is an irregularity of metre in this couplet . The same variation is observable in Macbeth : " I am for the air ...
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... BosWELL . 7 - for his CHIEFEST SEAT ; ] So , in Twine's translation : — " The most famous and mighty King Antiochus , which builded the goodlie city of Antiochia in Syria , and called it after his owne name , as the chiefest seat of all ...
... BosWELL . 7 - for his CHIEFEST SEAT ; ] So , in Twine's translation : — " The most famous and mighty King Antiochus , which builded the goodlie city of Antiochia in Syria , and called it after his owne name , as the chiefest seat of all ...
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... BOSWELL . 3 For the embracements even of Jove himself ; At whose CONCEPTION , ( TILL Lucina reign'd , ) Nature this dowry gave , to glad HER presence , & c . ] It ap- pears to me , that by her conception , Shakspeare means her birth ...
... BOSWELL . 3 For the embracements even of Jove himself ; At whose CONCEPTION , ( TILL Lucina reign'd , ) Nature this dowry gave , to glad HER presence , & c . ] It ap- pears to me , that by her conception , Shakspeare means her birth ...
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... BoSWELL . 6 Her face , the book of PRAISES , where is read Nothing but curious pleasures , ] In what sense a lady's face can be styled a book of praises ( unless by a very forced construction it be understood to mean an aggregate of ...
... BoSWELL . 6 Her face , the book of PRAISES , where is read Nothing but curious pleasures , ] In what sense a lady's face can be styled a book of praises ( unless by a very forced construction it be understood to mean an aggregate of ...
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Aaron ancient Antiochus appears Bassianus BAWD BOSWELL BOULT Cleon clown Confessio Amantis corrupt Cymbeline DABORNE daughter dead death Dionyza doth dramas edition emendation emperor Enter Exeunt expression eyes father folio fool Gesta Romanorum give gods Goths Gower Hamlet hand hath heart heaven Helicanus Hinchlow honour King Henry King Lear lady Lavinia lord Lucius Lychorida Lysimachus Macbeth MALONE Marcus Marina MASON means metre mistress musick never night noble Noble Kinsmen old copies read Othello passage perhaps Pericles piece play poet pray prince Prince of Tyre quarto queen revenge Robert Dawes Rome Romeo and Juliet Roselo SATURNINUS scene Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Simonides sorrow speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet Tamora tears tell Thaisa Tharsus thee thine thou art thou hast thought Titus Andronicus TODD Twine's translation Tyre unto Winter's Tale word