The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... JOHNSON . ( To make that only true we now intend , ) ] These lines I do not understand , and suspect them of corruption . I believe we may better read thus : the opinion , that we bring Or make ; that only truth we now intend . JOHNSON ...
... JOHNSON . ( To make that only true we now intend , ) ] These lines I do not understand , and suspect them of corruption . I believe we may better read thus : the opinion , that we bring Or make ; that only truth we now intend . JOHNSON ...
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... Johnson's and Dr. Farmer's supposition , ( see notes on the epilogue , ) that old Ben , not Shakspeare , was author of the prologue before us , we might observe , that happy appears , in the present instance , to have been used with one ...
... Johnson's and Dr. Farmer's supposition , ( see notes on the epilogue , ) that old Ben , not Shakspeare , was author of the prologue before us , we might observe , that happy appears , in the present instance , to have been used with one ...
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... JOHNSON . * All clinquant , ] All glittering , all shining . Clarendon uses this word in his description of the Spanish Juego de Toros . JOHNSON . It is likewise used in A Memorable Masque , & c . performed before King James at ...
... JOHNSON . * All clinquant , ] All glittering , all shining . Clarendon uses this word in his description of the Spanish Juego de Toros . JOHNSON . It is likewise used in A Memorable Masque , & c . performed before King James at ...
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... JOHNSON . 1 Durst wag his tongue in censure . ] Censure for determina- tion , of which had the noblest appearance . WARBURTON . See Vol . IV . p . 190 , n . 4. MALONE . That Bevis was believ'd . ] The old romantick legend of Bevis of ...
... JOHNSON . 1 Durst wag his tongue in censure . ] Censure for determina- tion , of which had the noblest appearance . WARBURTON . See Vol . IV . p . 190 , n . 4. MALONE . That Bevis was believ'd . ] The old romantick legend of Bevis of ...
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... JOHNSON . -certes , ] An obsolete adverb , signifying — certainly , in truth . So , in The Tempest : " For , certes , these are people of the island . " It occurs again in Othello , Act I. sc . i . It is remarkable , that , in the ...
... JOHNSON . -certes , ] An obsolete adverb , signifying — certainly , in truth . So , in The Tempest : " For , certes , these are people of the island . " It occurs again in Othello , Act I. sc . i . It is remarkable , that , in the ...
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PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,Isaac 1742-1807 Reed,Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson No preview available - 2016 |
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Achilles Æneas AGAM Agamemnon Ajax ancient Antony and Cleopatra Ben Jonson blood Buckingham Calchas called cardinal CHAM command Cranmer CRES Cressida Diomed DIOMEDES doth Duke editions editors Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fear folio fool GENT give grace Grecian Greeks hand Hanmer hath heart heaven HECT Hector Helen Holinshed honour i'the JOHNSON Julius Cæsar KATH King Henry King Richard king's kiss lady lord Lord Chamberlain Lydgate MALONE MASON means Menelaus Neoptolemus Nestor never night noble o'the old copy Pandarus Paris passage PATR Patroclus play poet Pope pray Priam prince quarto queen RITSON SCENE sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas soul speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell thee THEOBALD THER Thersites thing thou thought Troilus Troilus and Cressida Trojan Troy true truth ULYSS unto WARBURTON Wolsey word