Read full poem →alike calculated for the advantage of the performers and
spectators : and the several alterations afterwards made
in it, so far from being improvements, contributed
Dictionary Entry
The act of altering or making different.
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Poetry examples for “alterations”
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Read full poem →Dryden, under the title of The rrophetess; or The History of Dioclesian,
with alterations and additions, after the manner ^of an opera, represented
at the Queen's Theatre, and printed 4to. London, 1690. For the plot
Read full poem →lished ; this volume being now so complete and finished, that the reader
must expect no future alterations.
Read full poem →The alterations have been made with very little regard
either to the language or character of the original. There
Read full poem →altering another play of our authors, called Philaster, or Love Lies a-
Bleeding : He made very considerable alterations in it, and took it with
him, intending to finish it the last journey he made to Yorkshire, in the
Read full poem →5. Reprinted, with additions and alterations by Thomas Speght; London,
1598. Folio.
Read full poem →construction is available to architects, owners and builders.
Extensive and costly alterations after the completion of the
building are frequently avoided through proper advance
Read full poem →by M. F. for John Harriot in 1635 (the title-page is here reproduced),
but with very considerable alterations. The introductory material
remained unchanged except that to the _Hexastichon Bibliopolae_ was
Read full poem →one important alteration in the Ode on the Nativity. This and all other
alterations will be found noted where they occur. I have not thought it
necessary to note mere differences of spelling between the two editions
Read full poem →It has not been thought desirable to discuss in this Intro-
duction the actual details of the alterations in the law which
are effected by the new Act. In the notes to each section the