In the play of the _Tempest_, p. 4., the beautiful passage-- "he being thus _lorded_ Not only with what my revenue yielded," &c., is degraded into "he being thus _loaded_," &c. Can there be a moment's doubt that "lorded" was the word used by Shakspeare? It is completely in his style, which was on all occasions to coin verbs out of substantives, if he could. "He being thus _lorded_," i. e. _ennobled_ "with what my revenue yielded," is surely a far superior expression to "being thus _loaded_,"--as if the poet were speaking of a costermonger's donkey! Again, in p. 10.: "Wherefore _this_ ghastly looking?" or, this ghastly appearance? Who will venture to say, that the substitution of "_thus ghastly_ looking" is not decidedly a change for the worse? In the Merchant of Venice, p. 118.: "and leave itself _unfurnished_," is altered to "leave itself _unfinished_!" I confess I cannot see the slightest warrant for this change. The words-- "having made one, Methinks IT should have power to steal _both his_," distinctly show that the author was alluding to the _eye_ only, and not to the _portrait_ and how could the eye (already _made_) describe itself as _unfinished_? Surely the sense is _unfurnished_, that is, _unfurnished_ with its companion, or probably with the other accessories required to complete the portrait. P. 119. has the line-- "And swearing 'til my very _roof_ was dry," transmogrified into-- "And swearing 'til my very _tongue_ was dry." Now, why "this lame and impotent conclusion?" What can be a more common expression than the "roof of the mouth?" and it is just the part which is most affected by a sensation of dryness and pricking, after any excitement in speaking, whereas the _tongue_ is not the member that suffers! In _As You Like It_, p. 127., in the line-- "Mistress dispatch you with your _safest haste_," the last two words are made "fastest haste," which, to say the least, are tautology, and are like talking, of the "highest height", or the the "deepest depth!" Surely, the original form of words, "Dispatch you with your _safest haste_;" that is, with as much haste as is consistent with your personal safety--is much more dignified and polished address from the duke to a _lady_, and at the same time more poetical! In p. 129., "The constant _service_ of the antique world," is converted into "The constant _favour_ of the antique world:" in which line I cannot discover any sense. If I might hazard a guess, I should suggest that the error is in the _second_ word, "service," and that it ought to be "servants:" "When _servants_ sweat for duty, not for meed."