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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Page 30
... observe a preceding elifion.9 Some of the profeffed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutiæ ; I could point out to you feveral performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenfer , Shakspeare ...
... observe a preceding elifion.9 Some of the profeffed imitators of our old poets have not attended to this and many other minutiæ ; I could point out to you feveral performances in the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenfer , Shakspeare ...
Page 41
... observation for the benefit of the next editor of Chaucer . Mr. Urry , probably misled by his predeceffor , Speght , was determined , Procruftes - like , to force every line in The Canterbury Tales to the fame ftandard : but a precise ...
... observation for the benefit of the next editor of Chaucer . Mr. Urry , probably misled by his predeceffor , Speght , was determined , Procruftes - like , to force every line in The Canterbury Tales to the fame ftandard : but a precise ...
Page 69
... observed in the former edition , that this place is not met with in Spelman's Villare , or in Adams's Index ; nor , it might have been added , in the first and the last performance of this fort , Speed's Tables , and Whatley's Gazetteer ...
... observed in the former edition , that this place is not met with in Spelman's Villare , or in Adams's Index ; nor , it might have been added , in the first and the last performance of this fort , Speed's Tables , and Whatley's Gazetteer ...
Page 74
... hath admitted it into his text ; but with an observation , that Rivo might poffibly be the cant of English taverns . And fo indeed it was : it occurs frequently in Marfton . Take a quotation from his comedy of 74 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... hath admitted it into his text ; but with an observation , that Rivo might poffibly be the cant of English taverns . And fo indeed it was : it occurs frequently in Marfton . Take a quotation from his comedy of 74 AN ESSAY ON THE.
Page 75
... observed to me , by which the Italians mean , Thou ignorant , prefumptuous man . " - " Properly , in- deed , " adds Mr. Heath , " a graduated scholar , but ironically and farcaftically , a pretender to fcholar- ship . " This is admitted ...
... observed to me , by which the Italians mean , Thou ignorant , prefumptuous man . " - " Properly , in- deed , " adds Mr. Heath , " a graduated scholar , but ironically and farcaftically , a pretender to fcholar- ship . " This is admitted ...
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