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wasoxygen · 3354 days ago · link · · parent · post: 20th Quotes Than Which No Greater Can Be Conceived
Did you hear that the First Folio is on tour? I discovered this while reading an article in Wikipedia about literary cruxes, words or phrases in old texts that are unclear to modern scholars. For example, Falstaff is described in the First Folio with the words The intended words are believed to be "and 'a [he] babbl'd of green fields," but other phrases remain mysterious. Also discovered during that rabbit hole: Foul papers....his nose was sharp as a pen, and 'a Table of green fields