The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 17Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1801 |
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... Johnson supposes that there is some error in this passage , because the Poet afks a question , and stays not for an answer ; and there . fore suggests a new arrangement of it . But there is nothing more common in real life than ...
... Johnson supposes that there is some error in this passage , because the Poet afks a question , and stays not for an answer ; and there . fore suggests a new arrangement of it . But there is nothing more common in real life than ...
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... JOHNSON . When we for recompense & c . ] We must here suppose the poet busy in reading his own work ; and that these three lines are the introducion of the poem addressed to Timon , which he afterwarde gives the painter an account of ...
... JOHNSON . When we for recompense & c . ] We must here suppose the poet busy in reading his own work ; and that these three lines are the introducion of the poem addressed to Timon , which he afterwarde gives the painter an account of ...
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... JOHNSON , 5 presentment ] The patrons of Shakspeare's age do not ap- pear to have been all Timons . " I did determine not to have dedicated my play to any body , because forty shillings I care not for , and above , few or none will ...
... JOHNSON , 5 presentment ] The patrons of Shakspeare's age do not ap- pear to have been all Timons . " I did determine not to have dedicated my play to any body , because forty shillings I care not for , and above , few or none will ...
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... JOHNSON . this beneath world- ] So , in Measure for Measure , we have- " This under generation ; " and in King Richard II : " -the ' lower world . " STEEVENS . • Halts not particularly , My design does not stop at any single chara & er ...
... JOHNSON . this beneath world- ] So , in Measure for Measure , we have- " This under generation ; " and in King Richard II : " -the ' lower world . " STEEVENS . • Halts not particularly , My design does not stop at any single chara & er ...
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... JOHNSON . 2 • I'll unbolt ) I'll open , I'll explain . JOHNSON . glib and flippery creatures , ] Sir T. Hanmer , and Dr. Warburton after him , read - natures . Slippery is smooth , unrefifting . 3 Subdues 4 All forts of hearts ; ) So ...
... JOHNSON . 2 • I'll unbolt ) I'll open , I'll explain . JOHNSON . glib and flippery creatures , ] Sir T. Hanmer , and Dr. Warburton after him , read - natures . Slippery is smooth , unrefifting . 3 Subdues 4 All forts of hearts ; ) So ...
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