The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... never been at a greater loss than in their enquiries of this fort ; and the fource of a tale hath been often in vain fought abroad , which might easily have been found at home : my good 8 Revifal , p . 75 , 323 , and 561 . 9 Hiftory of ...
... never been at a greater loss than in their enquiries of this fort ; and the fource of a tale hath been often in vain fought abroad , which might easily have been found at home : my good 8 Revifal , p . 75 , 323 , and 561 . 9 Hiftory of ...
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... never the cafe in the time of Shakspeare ; though it may fometimes appear to be fo , when we do not observe a preceding elifion.9 Some of the profeffed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutiæ ; I ...
... never the cafe in the time of Shakspeare ; though it may fometimes appear to be fo , when we do not observe a preceding elifion.9 Some of the profeffed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutiæ ; I ...
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... never learned his Accidence , and that Latin and French were to him Heathen - Greek ; yet by the help of Mr. Whalley's argument , I will prove him a learned man , in fpite of every thing , he may fay to the contrary : for thus he makes ...
... never learned his Accidence , and that Latin and French were to him Heathen - Greek ; yet by the help of Mr. Whalley's argument , I will prove him a learned man , in fpite of every thing , he may fay to the contrary : for thus he makes ...
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... never gyveth lighte , " fays an old homily : " The feconde is paffyng colde , that yf a grete hylle of fyre were caften therin , it fholde 2 " " Aliæ panduntur inanes " Sufpenfæ ad ventos : aliis fub gurgite vafto " Infectum eluitur ...
... never gyveth lighte , " fays an old homily : " The feconde is paffyng colde , that yf a grete hylle of fyre were caften therin , it fholde 2 " " Aliæ panduntur inanes " Sufpenfæ ad ventos : aliis fub gurgite vafto " Infectum eluitur ...
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... never , as the term goes , done into English . But luckily in an old tranflation from the French of Peter le Loier , entitled , A Treatife of Specters , or firaunge Sights , Vifions , and Apparitions appearing fenfibly unto Men , we ...
... never , as the term goes , done into English . But luckily in an old tranflation from the French of Peter le Loier , entitled , A Treatife of Specters , or firaunge Sights , Vifions , and Apparitions appearing fenfibly unto Men , we ...
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