The Plays of William Shakspeare ...C. Bathurst, 1785 |
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... fpeech as it ftands , except that he has changed fill - lefs to artless , not for the better , becaufe skill - lefs refers to kill and skilful . JOHNSON . 6 off . • -- must tarry the grinding . ] Folio : muft ncedes tarry , & c . MALONE ...
... fpeech as it ftands , except that he has changed fill - lefs to artless , not for the better , becaufe skill - lefs refers to kill and skilful . JOHNSON . 6 off . • -- must tarry the grinding . ] Folio : muft ncedes tarry , & c . MALONE ...
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... fpeech fome jeft he always had . " Lidgate , p . 105 . STEEVENS . -the rich fhall have more . . ] To give one the nod , was a phrafe fignifying to give one a mark of folly . The reply turns upon this fenfe , alluding to the expreflion ...
... fpeech fome jeft he always had . " Lidgate , p . 105 . STEEVENS . -the rich fhall have more . . ] To give one the nod , was a phrafe fignifying to give one a mark of folly . The reply turns upon this fenfe , alluding to the expreflion ...
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... fpeech , implying that benefits fall upon The Oxford editor alters it to : the rich . the rest fhall have none . WARBURTON . I wonder why the commentator fhould think any emendation neceffary , fince his own fenfe is fully expreffed by ...
... fpeech , implying that benefits fall upon The Oxford editor alters it to : the rich . the rest fhall have none . WARBURTON . I wonder why the commentator fhould think any emendation neceffary , fince his own fenfe is fully expreffed by ...
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... fpeech of Agamem- non is fuch that it ought to be engraven in brafs , and the tablet held up by him on the one fide , and Greece on the other , to fhew the union of their opinion . And Neftor ought to be ex- hibited in filver , uniting ...
... fpeech of Agamem- non is fuch that it ought to be engraven in brafs , and the tablet held up by him on the one fide , and Greece on the other , to fhew the union of their opinion . And Neftor ought to be ex- hibited in filver , uniting ...
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... fpeech of Neftor , here called a bond of air , which Mr. Steevens has well explained , it is fo truly Shakspearian , that I have not the fmalleft doubt of the genuinenefs of the expreffion . The ftanzas above alluded to are these ...
... fpeech of Neftor , here called a bond of air , which Mr. Steevens has well explained , it is fo truly Shakspearian , that I have not the fmalleft doubt of the genuinenefs of the expreffion . The ftanzas above alluded to are these ...
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Achilles Afide againſt Agamemnon Ajax anfwer better Calchas caufe Clot Cloten Cordelia Creffida Cymbeline daughter defire Diomed doth Enter eringoes Exeunt Exit expreffion eyes faid falfe fame father fatire fecond feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fifter fignifies filk fince firft firſt flain folio fome fool fpeak fpeech ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fweet fword Glofter Goneril Guiderius Hanmer hath heart Hector himſelf honour Iach Iachimo Imogen itſelf JOHNSON Kent king lady laft Lear lefs lord mafter MALONE means moft moſt muft muſt Neoptolemus night obferves paffage Pandarus Patroclus perfon Pifanio pleaſe Poft Pofthumus prefent Priam purpoſe quarto quartos read queen reafon Shakspeare ſhall ſhe ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe THEOBALD Ther Therfites theſe thing thofe thoſe Troi Troilus ufed Ulyff underſtand uſed WARBURTON whofe word
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