The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 64
Page 29
... letter to Aaron Hill , fupposes it of that age ; but a mistaken accent determines it to have been written fince the middle of the last century : 66 This late example " Of base Henriquez , bleeding in me now , " From each good aspect ...
... letter to Aaron Hill , fupposes it of that age ; but a mistaken accent determines it to have been written fince the middle of the last century : 66 This late example " Of base Henriquez , bleeding in me now , " From each good aspect ...
Page 55
... letter , I have been favoured with by a very curious and intelligent gentleman , to whom the lovers of Shakspeare will fome time or other owe great obligations . It hath indeed been faid , that " IF fuch an history exifts , it is almoft ...
... letter , I have been favoured with by a very curious and intelligent gentleman , to whom the lovers of Shakspeare will fome time or other owe great obligations . It hath indeed been faid , that " IF fuch an history exifts , it is almoft ...
Page 61
... tragical , comical , and morall dif- courfes , bothe pleafaunt and profitable to the well fmellyng nofes of learned readers . " Black letter , 4to . no date . - within the compafs of one line . " -- LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . · 61.
... tragical , comical , and morall dif- courfes , bothe pleafaunt and profitable to the well fmellyng nofes of learned readers . " Black letter , 4to . no date . - within the compafs of one line . " -- LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . · 61.
Page 63
... letter , to which it might have been supposed Sir John Harrington alluded , had he not spoken of the discovery as a new one , and recommended it as worthy the notice of his countrymen : I am perfuaded the method in the old bard will not ...
... letter , to which it might have been supposed Sir John Harrington alluded , had he not spoken of the discovery as a new one , and recommended it as worthy the notice of his countrymen : I am perfuaded the method in the old bard will not ...
Page 71
... letter , recommends his friend , Peele , " as the chiefe fup- porter of pleasance now living , the Atlas of poetrie , and primus verborum artifex : whofe firft increase , The Arraignment of Paris , might plead to their opinions his ...
... letter , recommends his friend , Peele , " as the chiefe fup- porter of pleasance now living , the Atlas of poetrie , and primus verborum artifex : whofe firft increase , The Arraignment of Paris , might plead to their opinions his ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acted againſt alfo allufion almoſt alſo appears author's plays circumftance comedy Comedy of Errors copy critick Cymbeline death dramatick edition Effay Engliſh faid fame fays fecond feems fhall fhould fince firft firſt folio fome fpeare ftage fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed Gentlemen of Verona Hamlet hath Henry IV Hiftory himſelf inferted itſelf John Johnſon Jonfon Julius Cæfar King Henry King Henry VI King Lear laft laſt Latin learned likewife lines Lond Lover's Melancholy Macbeth Mafter MALONE Meaſure moft moſt mufe muft muſt obferved occafion old play paffage pamphlet perfons piece Plutarch poem poet praiſe prefent printed probably publick publiſhed quarto Queen reafon reprefented Richard Romeo Romeo and Juliet ſcene ſeems Shak Shakspeare's Shrew Spenfer ſtage Stationers STEEVENS Theatre Royal thefe theſe thofe Thomas thoſe thou Timon of Athens tragedy tranflated uſed verfes verſes whofe William Shakspeare Winter's Tale writer written