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... least to himself , for dis- cussing questions of text ; but he can hardly avoid such discussion . Even if he chooses an existing text as his guide throughout , he must by his choice virtually take a side in many intricate questions ...
... least to himself , for dis- cussing questions of text ; but he can hardly avoid such discussion . Even if he chooses an existing text as his guide throughout , he must by his choice virtually take a side in many intricate questions ...
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... least one MS . of greater antiquity , the one , namely , which is known as the ' Vetus Blandinius . ' In preparing his edition , Cruquius had the benefit of consulting four MSS . then extant in the Benedictine abbey of S. Peter , in ...
... least one MS . of greater antiquity , the one , namely , which is known as the ' Vetus Blandinius . ' In preparing his edition , Cruquius had the benefit of consulting four MSS . then extant in the Benedictine abbey of S. Peter , in ...
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... least as largely as others , and that his conclusions , however they were formed , are supported generally by evidence from the Scholia or quotations , or by considerations of style , metre , and the like 1 . Before we leave the MSS ...
... least as largely as others , and that his conclusions , however they were formed , are supported generally by evidence from the Scholia or quotations , or by considerations of style , metre , and the like 1 . Before we leave the MSS ...
Page xxi
... least specially tempting . Necessary of course it was not in the sense in which it is necessary in the text of Aeschylus or of Lucretius , to restore sense or metre in a chaos ; but in a way the multiplicity of MSS . tempts us to do for ...
... least specially tempting . Necessary of course it was not in the sense in which it is necessary in the text of Aeschylus or of Lucretius , to restore sense or metre in a chaos ; but in a way the multiplicity of MSS . tempts us to do for ...
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... least ( and it is an editor's chief function ) makes us understand and measure the difficulty . 2. To the constructive criticism of previous centuries has been added in the present one the destructive criticism of which the chief ...
... least ( and it is an editor's chief function ) makes us understand and measure the difficulty . 2. To the constructive criticism of previous centuries has been added in the present one the destructive criticism of which the chief ...
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