“The” Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, 1805 |
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Page 11
... measure . It very easy for a negligent transcriber to be deceived by the rhyme immediately preceding ; so mistake the concluding word in the sequent line , and corrupt it into one that would chime with the other . Theobald . was I ...
... measure . It very easy for a negligent transcriber to be deceived by the rhyme immediately preceding ; so mistake the concluding word in the sequent line , and corrupt it into one that would chime with the other . Theobald . was I ...
Page 12
... • Who devis'd this ? ] The old copies read this penalty . I have omitted this needless repetition of the word penalty , because it destroys the measure . Steevens . Biron . Sweet lord , and why ? Long . 12 LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST .
... • Who devis'd this ? ] The old copies read this penalty . I have omitted this needless repetition of the word penalty , because it destroys the measure . Steevens . Biron . Sweet lord , and why ? Long . 12 LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST .
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... measure , the easiness of the expression , and the good sense in the thought , all concur to recommend these two lines to the read- er's notice . Warburton . 9- .that my heart means no ill . ] That my heart means no ill , is the same ...
... measure , the easiness of the expression , and the good sense in the thought , all concur to recommend these two lines to the read- er's notice . Warburton . 9- .that my heart means no ill . ] That my heart means no ill , is the same ...
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... measure . Johnson . This stubborn piece of nonsense , as somebody has called it , wants only a particle , I think , to make it sense . I would read : And such barren plants are set before us , that we thankful should be , ( Which we of ...
... measure . Johnson . This stubborn piece of nonsense , as somebody has called it , wants only a particle , I think , to make it sense . I would read : And such barren plants are set before us , that we thankful should be , ( Which we of ...
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... measures . Could you , says Biron , by solitary contemplation , have attained such poetical fire , such spritely numbers , as have been prompted by the eyes of beauty ? Johnson . In leaden contemplation , ] So , in Milton's Il Penseroso ...
... measures . Could you , says Biron , by solitary contemplation , have attained such poetical fire , such spritely numbers , as have been prompted by the eyes of beauty ? Johnson . In leaden contemplation , ] So , in Milton's Il Penseroso ...
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