On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its Improvement, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 - 266 pages |
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... favour . To be , or not to be - that is the question ; Whether ' tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , Or to take arms against the seat of troubles , And by a poniard end them ? Trying this ...
... favour . To be , or not to be - that is the question ; Whether ' tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , Or to take arms against the seat of troubles , And by a poniard end them ? Trying this ...
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... favour of the proposed alteration in the received reading . Let us now try the united effect of the suggested emendations in the opening of the soliloquy : To be or not to be : that is question ; - Whether ' tis nobler in the mind to ...
... favour of the proposed alteration in the received reading . Let us now try the united effect of the suggested emendations in the opening of the soliloquy : To be or not to be : that is question ; - Whether ' tis nobler in the mind to ...
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... favour but priority of appear- ance in the earliest editions of the tragedy . My objections to it I will proceed to explain . First , the phrase tenable in silence is scarcely English , from the mere fact that it is never used ; and its ...
... favour but priority of appear- ance in the earliest editions of the tragedy . My objections to it I will proceed to explain . First , the phrase tenable in silence is scarcely English , from the mere fact that it is never used ; and its ...
Page 64
... aside . In " Julius Cæsar , " An- thony having designedly mentioned the bequest in Cæsar's will in favour of the citizens , artfully checks himself , saying , " I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it 64 THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE .
... aside . In " Julius Cæsar , " An- thony having designedly mentioned the bequest in Cæsar's will in favour of the citizens , artfully checks himself , saying , " I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it 64 THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE .
Page 87
... favour , namely , the exactness with which it fits . into the vacated place , and the striking conformity of the amended language to that of other plays from the same pen . My conclusion will , I think , be corroborated by an ...
... favour , namely , the exactness with which it fits . into the vacated place , and the striking conformity of the amended language to that of other plays from the same pen . My conclusion will , I think , be corroborated by an ...
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