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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... emendations proposed to remedy proved or admitted defects . Such , I con- ceive , are those which I shall immediately proceed to state and explain . 1. The proposed emendation must correct the harshness , incoherence , incongruity ...
... emendations proposed to remedy proved or admitted defects . Such , I con- ceive , are those which I shall immediately proceed to state and explain . 1. The proposed emendation must correct the harshness , incoherence , incongruity ...
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... proposed emendation with this lowest qualification would not be necessarily excluded , another emen- dation expressed in phraseology used elsewhere even sparingly by him would ceteris paribus have higher claims to be received ; and a ...
... proposed emendation with this lowest qualification would not be necessarily excluded , another emen- dation expressed in phraseology used elsewhere even sparingly by him would ceteris paribus have higher claims to be received ; and a ...
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... emendation of the same kind presents itself in replacing knit by kin in the line " The Earl of Armagnac , near knit ... proposed emendation to the received text so marked as to show the way in which the latter supplanted the original ...
... emendation of the same kind presents itself in replacing knit by kin in the line " The Earl of Armagnac , near knit ... proposed emendation to the received text so marked as to show the way in which the latter supplanted the original ...
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... proposed emendation quite satisfactory in itself or to single it out as the best amongst rival sugges- tions . When they equally fulfil the three conditions laid down , namely , remove the defect , maintain the tone of the composition ...
... proposed emendation quite satisfactory in itself or to single it out as the best amongst rival sugges- tions . When they equally fulfil the three conditions laid down , namely , remove the defect , maintain the tone of the composition ...
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... proposed emendation fulfils the conditions required in all emendations . If it does , the date of it sinks into a matter of indifference . It is doubtless always important to the com- munity that any false pretence should be exposed ...
... proposed emendation fulfils the conditions required in all emendations . If it does , the date of it sinks into a matter of indifference . It is doubtless always important to the com- munity that any false pretence should be exposed ...
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