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I therefore read over this tragedy, but found that the editor's apprehension is of a
cast so different from mine, that he appears to find no difficulty in most of those
passages which I have represented as unintelligible, and has therefore passed ...
I therefore read over this tragedy, but found that the editor's apprehension is of a
cast so different from mine, that he appears to find no difficulty in most of those
passages which I have represented as unintelligible, and has therefore passed ...
Página 121
There is no distinction made between the ancient reading, and the innovations of
the editor ; there is no reason given for any of the alterations which are made ; the
emendations of former critics are adopted without any acknowledgement, and ...
There is no distinction made between the ancient reading, and the innovations of
the editor ; there is no reason given for any of the alterations which are made ; the
emendations of former critics are adopted without any acknowledgement, and ...
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The editor will endeavour to read the books which the author read, to trace his
knowledge to its source, and compare his copies with their originals. If in this part
of his design he hopes to attain any degree of superiority to his predecessors, ...
The editor will endeavour to read the books which the author read, to trace his
knowledge to its source, and compare his copies with their originals. If in this part
of his design he hopes to attain any degree of superiority to his predecessors, ...
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Let us now be told no more of the dull duty of an editor. Confidence is the
common consequence of success. They whose excellence of any kind has been
loudly celebrated, are ready to conclude, that their powers are universal. Pope's
edition ...
Let us now be told no more of the dull duty of an editor. Confidence is the
common consequence of success. They whose excellence of any kind has been
loudly celebrated, are ready to conclude, that their powers are universal. Pope's
edition ...
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... which, though I did not understand them, will perhaps hereafter be explained ;
having, I hope, illustrated some, which others have neglected or mistaken,
sometimes by short remarks, or marginal directions, such as every editor has
added at ...
... which, though I did not understand them, will perhaps hereafter be explained ;
having, I hope, illustrated some, which others have neglected or mistaken,
sometimes by short remarks, or marginal directions, such as every editor has
added at ...
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