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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Page 81
... perfon , It beggar'd all defcription : fhe did lie In her pavilion , ( cloth of gold , of tiffue , ) O'er - picturing that Venus , where we see , 9 The fancy out - work nature : on each fide her , Stood pretty dimpled boys , like ...
... perfon , It beggar'd all defcription : fhe did lie In her pavilion , ( cloth of gold , of tiffue , ) O'er - picturing that Venus , where we see , 9 The fancy out - work nature : on each fide her , Stood pretty dimpled boys , like ...
Page 83
... perfon of her felfe : the was layed under a pauillion of cloth of gold of tiffue , apparelled and attired like the Goddeffe Venus , commonly drawn in picture ; and hard by her , on either hand of her , pretie faire boyes apparelled as ...
... perfon of her felfe : the was layed under a pauillion of cloth of gold of tiffue , apparelled and attired like the Goddeffe Venus , commonly drawn in picture ; and hard by her , on either hand of her , pretie faire boyes apparelled as ...
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... perfon fo gracefully , that the very act of humiliation was an improvement of her own beauty . The foregoing notes fupply a very powerful inftance of the uncertainty of verbal criticism ; for here we meet with the fame phrafe explained ...
... perfon fo gracefully , that the very act of humiliation was an improvement of her own beauty . The foregoing notes fupply a very powerful inftance of the uncertainty of verbal criticism ; for here we meet with the fame phrafe explained ...
Page 93
... perfon . RITSON . • ' Would I had never come from thence , nor you Thither ! ] Both the fenfe and grammar require that we fhould read hither , instead of thither . To come hither is English , but to come thither is not . The Soothsayer ...
... perfon . RITSON . • ' Would I had never come from thence , nor you Thither ! ] Both the fenfe and grammar require that we fhould read hither , instead of thither . To come hither is English , but to come thither is not . The Soothsayer ...
Page 94
... perfon : " I will put a Fear in the land of Egypt . " Exodus . The whole thought is borrowed from Sir T. North's tranfla- tion of Plutarch : " With Antonius there was a foothfayer or aftronomer of Ægypt , that coulde caft a figure , and ...
... perfon : " I will put a Fear in the land of Egypt . " Exodus . The whole thought is borrowed from Sir T. North's tranfla- tion of Plutarch : " With Antonius there was a foothfayer or aftronomer of Ægypt , that coulde caft a figure , and ...
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