The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... messenger fhould be noted here , as entering with fresh news . STEEVENS . 9 which they ear- ] To ear , is to plough ; a common metaphor . JoÁNSON . To ear , is not , however , at this time , a common word . I meet with it again in ...
... messenger fhould be noted here , as entering with fresh news . STEEVENS . 9 which they ear- ] To ear , is to plough ; a common metaphor . JoÁNSON . To ear , is not , however , at this time , a common word . I meet with it again in ...
Page 58
... messengers . JOHNSON . 3 The perfons are so named in the firft edition ; but I know not why Menecrates appears ; Menas can do all without him . JOHNSON . All the fpeeches in this fcene that are not spoken by Pompey and Varrius , are ...
... messengers . JOHNSON . 3 The perfons are so named in the firft edition ; but I know not why Menecrates appears ; Menas can do all without him . JOHNSON . All the fpeeches in this fcene that are not spoken by Pompey and Varrius , are ...
Page 108
... messenger that bids beware " Of what is to be dreaded . " The Egyptian queen has beaten her information . If the old copy be right , the meaning is - Strange , that his fault should make thee appear a knave , who art not that in ...
... messenger that bids beware " Of what is to be dreaded . " The Egyptian queen has beaten her information . If the old copy be right , the meaning is - Strange , that his fault should make thee appear a knave , who art not that in ...
Page 152
... messenger gone . I have told him , Lepidus was grown too cruel ; That he his high authority abus'd , And did deferve his change ; for what I have con- quer'd , I grant him part ; but then , in his Armenia , And other of his conquer'd ...
... messenger gone . I have told him , Lepidus was grown too cruel ; That he his high authority abus'd , And did deferve his change ; for what I have con- quer'd , I grant him part ; but then , in his Armenia , And other of his conquer'd ...
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... messenger He hath whipp'd with rods ; dares me to perfonal combat , Cæfar to Antony : Let the old ruffian know , I have many other ways to die ; mean time , Laugh at his challenge . fpeeche , called Afatick , which carried the beft ...
... messenger He hath whipp'd with rods ; dares me to perfonal combat , Cæfar to Antony : Let the old ruffian know , I have many other ways to die ; mean time , Laugh at his challenge . fpeeche , called Afatick , which carried the beft ...
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