Excerpt from Criticism Applied to Shakspere: A Series of Essays Published Originally in the Surplice It is much to be regretted that in many places a word has been taken from the end of the line to which it belongs, and added to the beginning of the next, thereby destroying the metre of both. The instances of this are very numerous, especially in those editions which profess to follow the old folio as an infallible guide: we will adduce two examples of this; the first is in Act IV. Sc. VII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.