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Vertue , in short , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and
his best copies too often exhibit a general instead of a particular resemblance .
these tales has no better foundation than the vanity of li ADVERTISEMEN T.
Vertue , in short , though a laborious , was a very indifferent draughtsman , and
his best copies too often exhibit a general instead of a particular resemblance .
these tales has no better foundation than the vanity of li ADVERTISEMEN T.
Página xii
... that by admitting corrections warranted by common sense and the laws of
metre , we have not rigidly adhered to the text of Shakspeare , we shall entreat
our opponents to exchange that phrase for another more germane , ” and say
instead ...
... that by admitting corrections warranted by common sense and the laws of
metre , we have not rigidly adhered to the text of Shakspeare , we shall entreat
our opponents to exchange that phrase for another more germane , ” and say
instead ...
Página xiv
... thrown away , because it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render
Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our
opinion , the furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv
ADVERTISEMENT ...
... thrown away , because it introduces obscurity instead of light . To render
Shakspeare less intelligible by a recall of corrupt phraseology , is not , in our
opinion , the furest way to extend his fame and multiply his readers xiv
ADVERTISEMENT ...
Página xvi
All these circumstances confidered , it is time , instead of a timid and servile
adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they
furnish no real help , that a future editor , well acquainted with the phraseology of
our ...
All these circumstances confidered , it is time , instead of a timid and servile
adherence to ancient copies , when ( offending against sense and metre ) they
furnish no real help , that a future editor , well acquainted with the phraseology of
our ...
Página xxxi
The office of " devising brave punishments ” for faithless editors , is therefore
strenuously declined , even though their guilt should equal that of one of their
number ( Mr. Steevens ) who stands convicted of having given winds instead of
wind ...
The office of " devising brave punishments ” for faithless editors , is therefore
strenuously declined , even though their guilt should equal that of one of their
number ( Mr. Steevens ) who stands convicted of having given winds instead of
wind ...
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