againe, and againe : And if then you doe not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger, not to understand him. And so we leave you to other of his Friends, whom if you need, can bee your guides : if you neede them not, you can leade your selves, and others. And such Readers we wish him. John Heminge. Henrie Condell. What we gaine from using the First Folio Cambridge Edition What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason: How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no , nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. First Folio What a piece of worke is a man! how Noble in 1350: Reason? how infinite in faculty? in forme and mouing 1351: how expresse and admirable? in Action, how like an An-gel? 1352: in apprehension, how like a God? the beauty of the 1353: world, the Parragon of Animals; and yet to me, what is 1354: this Quintessence of Dust? Man delights not me; no, 1355: nor Woman neither; though by your smiling you seeme 1356: to say so. 1357: (keep in mind question marks, were also used, at times, for exclamation marks. But it’s interesting to note that the first sentence uses and exclamation mark and the rest of the speech does not.) Guidelines Definitions Small Words Verse & Prose Assonance & Alliteration Heightened & Direct Language Repetition Spelling Irony Antithesis Ecphonesis “O” Punctuation & Breathing Double Entendre Parenthetical Banter
againe, and againe : And if then you doe not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger, not to understand him. And so we leave you to other of his Friends, whom if you need, can bee your guides : if you neede them not, you can leade your selves, and others. And such Readers we wish him. John Heminge. Henrie Condell. What we gaine from using the First Folio Cambridge Edition What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason: How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no , nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. First Folio 1350: What a piece of worke is a man! how Noble in 1351: Reason? how infinite in faculty? in forme and mouing 1352: how expresse and admirable? in Action, how like an An-gel? 1353: in apprehension, how like a God? the beauty of the 1354: world, the Parragon of Animals; and yet to me, what is 1355: this Quintessence of Dust? Man delights not me; no, 1356: nor Woman neither; though by your smiling you seeme 1357: to say so. (keep in mind question marks, were also used, at times, for exclamation marks. But it’s interesting to note that the first sentence uses and exclamation mark and the rest of the speech does not.) Guidelines Definitions Small Words Verse & Prose Assonance & Alliteration Heightened & Direct Language Repetition Spelling Irony Ecphonesis “O” Antithesis Punctuation & Breathing Double Entendre Parenthetical Banter
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