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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... pre- fent visible universe affords . JOHNSON . 8 The fum . ] Be brief , fum thy business in a few words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- fpeare's time , was confidered as plural . So , in ...
... pre- fent visible universe affords . JOHNSON . 8 The fum . ] Be brief , fum thy business in a few words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- fpeare's time , was confidered as plural . So , in ...
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... prefent recollect any example of it in Shakspeare's plays or in his time ; whilft in The Taming of the Shrew , we have the modern phrafeology - change for : " To change true rules for odd inventions . " But a careful revifion of these ...
... prefent recollect any example of it in Shakspeare's plays or in his time ; whilft in The Taming of the Shrew , we have the modern phrafeology - change for : " To change true rules for odd inventions . " But a careful revifion of these ...
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... title - Madam , ( which is wanting in the old copy , ) as a proper cure for the prefent defect in metre . STEEVENS . Made friends of them , jointing their force ' gainst C3 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 21 Enter CLEOPATRA. ...
... title - Madam , ( which is wanting in the old copy , ) as a proper cure for the prefent defect in metre . STEEVENS . Made friends of them , jointing their force ' gainst C3 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 21 Enter CLEOPATRA. ...
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... prefent occafion , because the fame error is found in King John , Act V. fc . vii . where we have , in the only authentick copy : Death , having prey'd upon the outward parts , " Leaves them invifible ; and his fiege is now " Against ...
... prefent occafion , because the fame error is found in King John , Act V. fc . vii . where we have , in the only authentick copy : Death , having prey'd upon the outward parts , " Leaves them invifible ; and his fiege is now " Against ...
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... prefent pleasure , By revolution lowering , does become The oppofite of itfelf : fhe's good , being gone ; The hand could pluck her back , that shov'd her on . 5 We wish it ours again . ] Thus , in Sidney's Arcadia , Lib . II : " We ...
... prefent pleasure , By revolution lowering , does become The oppofite of itfelf : fhe's good , being gone ; The hand could pluck her back , that shov'd her on . 5 We wish it ours again . ] Thus , in Sidney's Arcadia , Lib . II : " We ...
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