...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...

...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 i frieze. How now, sir John ? quoth I : what, man ! be of good cheer. So 'a cried out — God, God, God...

...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...

...expected to find Theobald's guess confirmed by the corrector, but, alas ! the reading he gives is, " h C ?| i o9 & ٨J^ )F I, I Lʫ -`h ؼ frieze," and we fear that is the true reading. Perhaps, too, it is implied in the narrative that he...

...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...

...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...

...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 fricze." How now, sir John ? quoth I : what, man ! be of good cheer. So 'a cricd out — God, God,...

...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...

...certainly deserved to be correct. We must part with it nevertheless, the old MS. giving us instead, " For his nose was as sharp as a pen on a table of green frieze" A thing no doubt Mrs. Quickly was perfectly conversant with in her daily task of putting a...

...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...