The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steevens's Last Edition with a Selection of the Most Important Notes, Volume 1T. Longman, 1797 |
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Page v
... fome time take place . " To other defects of our late editions , " he fays , " may be fubjoined , as not the leaft notorious , an exuberance of comment . Indulgence to the remarks of others , as well as partiality to our own ; an ...
... fome time take place . " To other defects of our late editions , " he fays , " may be fubjoined , as not the leaft notorious , an exuberance of comment . Indulgence to the remarks of others , as well as partiality to our own ; an ...
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... fome knowledge ; and yet he by whom a thoufand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's volume in defpair , for his fpirit and general drift are always obvious , though his language and allufions are occafionally ...
... fome knowledge ; and yet he by whom a thoufand minutiæ remain to be learned , needs not to close our author's volume in defpair , for his fpirit and general drift are always obvious , though his language and allufions are occafionally ...
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... fome degree as experimental ; for their corrup- tions and obfcurities are ftill fo numerous , and the progrefs of fortunate conjecture fo tardy and uncertain , that our remote defcendants may be perplexed by paffages that have perplexed ...
... fome degree as experimental ; for their corrup- tions and obfcurities are ftill fo numerous , and the progrefs of fortunate conjecture fo tardy and uncertain , that our remote defcendants may be perplexed by paffages that have perplexed ...
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... fome degree of credit in the literary world . This , however , was a fecondary confideration ; and my principal purpose will be anfwered to my with , if the Comments , which I now fubmit to the publick fhall , in any other hands ...
... fome degree of credit in the literary world . This , however , was a fecondary confideration ; and my principal purpose will be anfwered to my with , if the Comments , which I now fubmit to the publick fhall , in any other hands ...
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... fome paf- fages , on very infufficient authority , indeed , whilft in others he has retained the antient readings , though evidently cor- rupt , in preference to amendments as evidently juft ; and it frequently happens , that after ...
... fome paf- fages , on very infufficient authority , indeed , whilft in others he has retained the antient readings , though evidently cor- rupt , in preference to amendments as evidently juft ; and it frequently happens , that after ...
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