The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 11Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1801 |
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... JOHNSON . In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable intro- duction to this play , he seems apprehenfive that the fame of Shak- fpeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I fhall not hefitate , however , to predi ...
... JOHNSON . In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable intro- duction to this play , he seems apprehenfive that the fame of Shak- fpeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I fhall not hefitate , however , to predi ...
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... JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinfhed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a fufficient proof of its having been the term here employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western ifles there came to Macdowald a great ...
... JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinfhed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a fufficient proof of its having been the term here employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western ifles there came to Macdowald a great ...
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... JOHNSON . Rynt you witch , quoth Beffe Locket to her mother , is a north coun- try proverb The word is ufed again in K. Lear : And aroint thee , witch , aroint thee . " Anoint is the reading of the folio 1664 , a book of no authority ...
... JOHNSON . Rynt you witch , quoth Beffe Locket to her mother , is a north coun- try proverb The word is ufed again in K. Lear : And aroint thee , witch , aroint thee . " Anoint is the reading of the folio 1664 , a book of no authority ...
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... JOHNSON . The very ports are the exa & ports . Very is ufed here ( as in a thousand inftances which might be brought ) to exprefs the declara- tion more emphatically . Inftead of ports , however , I had formerly read points ; but erro ...
... JOHNSON . The very ports are the exa & ports . Very is ufed here ( as in a thousand inftances which might be brought ) to exprefs the declara- tion more emphatically . Inftead of ports , however , I had formerly read points ; but erro ...
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... JOHNSON . A forbodin fellow , Scot . fignifies an unhappy one . STEEVENS . It may be added that bitten and Verbieten , in the German , fig- nify to pray and to interdi & . " S. W. 8 Shall he dwindle , & c . ] This mifchief was fupposed ...
... JOHNSON . A forbodin fellow , Scot . fignifies an unhappy one . STEEVENS . It may be added that bitten and Verbieten , in the German , fig- nify to pray and to interdi & . " S. W. 8 Shall he dwindle , & c . ] This mifchief was fupposed ...
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