单词 | first folio |
释义 | > as lemmasFirst Folio First Folio n. (also with lower-case initials) (usually with the) the earliest collected edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, published as a single folio volume in 1623; an individual copy of this. ΚΠ 1733 L. Theobald Wks. Shakespeare I. 304 The first Folio reads, as the Poet intended, Yoaks, and Mrs. Page's meaning is this. 1828 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. 182 I do not care for a First Folio of Shakspeare... I rather prefer the common editions of Rowe and Tonson. 1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 251/1 The first folio reading differs in very important respects from that subsequently adopted. 1907 Mod. Lang. Rev. 2 358 It is hardly necessary nowadays to insist upon the superior value of the text of the First Folio. 1949 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 13/1 Henry Folger bought seventy nine First Folios... Englishmen damned him from hell to breakfast. 2008 A. Murphy Shakespeare for People ii. 76 A copy of the First Folio, bound in plain calf, probably cost about £1 in 1623. < as lemmas |
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