| 1853 - 446 páginas
...case in books of the period, in one of exaggerated adulation. " It had been a thing," they observe, " worthy to have been wished, that the author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings ; but since it hath been ordained otherwise, and he by death departed from that right,... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 páginas
...incomparable works, without adding to the wrong, and aggravating the injustice, by the assertion, " It had been a thing, we confess, worthy to have been...author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings. But since it hath been ordained otherwise, and HE BY DEATH DEPARTED FROM THAT RIGHT,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 páginas
...editor" of the folio of 1623: and on that VOL. I. a what they have done in the following terms : " It had been a thing, we confess, worthy to have been...author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings. But, since it hath been ordained otherwise, and he by death departed from that right,... | |
| 1864 - 492 páginas
...these let us add the regret, implying intention, expressed by the folio editors, in these words : — " It had been a thing, we confess, worthy to have been...author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings ;" and we think that we may safely conclude that, though " his mind and hand went... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 páginas
...and aggravating the injustice, by the assertion, " It had been a thing, we confess, worthy to Lave been wished, that the author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings. But since it hath been ordained otherwise, and HE BY DEATH DEPARTED FROM THAT RIGHT,... | |
| Sidney Beisly - 1864 - 200 páginas
...good lords.' Their address is, ' To the great variety of readers,' and it concludes as follows : ' It had been a thing we confess worthy to have been...author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings ; but since it hath been ordained otherwise, and he by death departed from that right,... | |
| Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 páginas
...do now come forth quitted rather by a decree of Court, than any purchased letters of commendation. It had been a thing, we confess, worthy to have been...himself had lived to have set forth, and overseen his own writings ; but since it hath been ordained otherwise, and ho by death departed from that right,... | |
| 1864 - 974 páginas
...regret, implying intention, expressed by the folio editors, in these words : — " It had been a thine, we confess, worthy to have been wished, that the author himself had lived to have set forth and overseen his own writings ;" and we think that we may safely conclude that, though " his mind and hand went... | |
| 1888 - 376 páginas
...gewesen sei, seine eigenen Werke nicht mehr habe durchsehen können: H hath been a thing, we confesse, worthy to have been wished, that the Author himself had lived to have set forth, and overseen Jiis owne writings. Darum möge man seinen Freunden die Muhe und Arbeit dieser Sammlung nicht verargen.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 938 páginas
...fellows of Shakspere, in an Address " to the great variety of readers," use very remarkable words : — " 2 X@ - his own writings. But since it hath been ordained otherwise, and he, by death, departed from that right,... | |
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