The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... JOHNSON . In Lyly's Midas , 1592 , the bellows is used both to cool and to kindle : " Methinks Venus and Nature ... Johnson's amendment is unnecessary , and his reasons for it ill founded . The bellows and the fan have the same ...
... JOHNSON . In Lyly's Midas , 1592 , the bellows is used both to cool and to kindle : " Methinks Venus and Nature ... Johnson's amendment is unnecessary , and his reasons for it ill founded . The bellows and the fan have the same ...
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... JOHNSON . 8 The sum . ] Be brief , sum thy business in a few words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- speare's time , was considered as plural . So , in Plutarch's Life of Antony : " Antonius ...
... JOHNSON . 8 The sum . ] Be brief , sum thy business in a few words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- speare's time , was considered as plural . So , in Plutarch's Life of Antony : " Antonius ...
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... JOHNSON . The following passage in an ancient satirical poem , entitled Notes from Blackfryars , 1617 , confirms Dr. Johnson's observa- tion : " He'll not approach a taverne , no nor drink ye , " To save his life , hot water ; wherefore ...
... JOHNSON . The following passage in an ancient satirical poem , entitled Notes from Blackfryars , 1617 , confirms Dr. Johnson's observa- tion : " He'll not approach a taverne , no nor drink ye , " To save his life , hot water ; wherefore ...
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... JOHNSON . If every one of your wishes , says the Soothsayer , had a womb , and each womb - invested wish were likewise fertile , you then would have a million of children . The merely supposing each of her wishes to have a womb , would ...
... JOHNSON . If every one of your wishes , says the Soothsayer , had a womb , and each womb - invested wish were likewise fertile , you then would have a million of children . The merely supposing each of her wishes to have a womb , would ...
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... JOHNSON . I believe Dr. Johnson's explanation is right . So , in Selimus , Emperor of the Turks , 1594 : 66 Ay , though on all the world we make extent , " From the south pole unto the northern bear . " Again , in Twelfth - Night : 66 ...
... JOHNSON . I believe Dr. Johnson's explanation is right . So , in Selimus , Emperor of the Turks , 1594 : 66 Ay , though on all the world we make extent , " From the south pole unto the northern bear . " Again , in Twelfth - Night : 66 ...
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