 | 1853 - 816 стор.
...singularly felicitous. But the MS. corrector's emendation is also entitled to a hearing. He reads : ' for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of great frieze." This, it must be admitted, is a lamentable falling off, in point of sentiment, from... | |
 | 1853 - 574 стор.
...on a table so covered, that Mrs. Quickly likens the nose of the dying wit and philosopher — "for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze" The emendation is on for " and," and frieze for " fields ;" and it is found in the margin of the folio,... | |
 | John Payne Collier - 1853 - 554 стор.
...relief on a table so covered, that Mrs. Quickly likens the nose of the dying wit and philosopher—" for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze." The emendation is merely on for " and," and frieze for "fields ;" and it is found in the margin of the... | |
 | Samuel Weller Singer - 1853 - 346 стор.
...relief on a table so covered, that Mrs. Quickly likens the nose of the dying wit and philosopher, ' for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze.' The emendation is merely on for ' and,' and frieze for ' fields ;' and it is found in the margin of the... | |
 | 1853 - 706 стор.
...sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green fields." — Shakspeare, " I knew there was but one way, for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze." — Shakspeare corrected. Some of the alterations in the manuscript corrections in ME. COLLIER'S old... | |
 | 1853 - 522 стор.
...truths which neither he nor any other man ever forgot yet. The emendator would have us read, ' 'A's nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze.' The explanation of Mr. Collier, that 'writing' tables were no doubt at that period often covered with green... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 стор.
...expected to find Theobald's guess confirmed by the corrector, but, alas ! the reading he gives is, " n and we fear that is the true reading. Perhaps, too, it is implied in the narrative that he had said... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 стор.
...sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon lis finger's end, I knew there was but one way ; for ut at her lady's chamber-window. John. What life is How now, sir John ? quoth I : what, man ! be of good cheer. So 'a cried out — God, God, God ! three... | |
 | John Payne Collier - 1853 - 322 стор.
...Ausgaben 1st: and a table of green fields. Mrs. QUICKLY. Nay, sure, he's not in hell — — — (&C-) for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze. [6] SCENE IV. FR.KING. Think we King Harry — (&c.) Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing... | |
 | 1853 - 772 стор.
...owed all the truth and beauty of the passage. The reading of the old emendator is as follows, " for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze." " It is," says Mr. Collier, " to the sharpness of a pen as seen in strong relief upon a table so covered,... | |
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... the tide : for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his finger's end, I knew there was but one way ; for his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze.'2 How now, sir John ? quoth I : what, man... 
