The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Warburton obferves , ) with a face of fupplication . STEEVENS . 2 The flavish motive- ] Motive , for inftrument . 3 Rather that which fear puts in motion . WARBURTON . JOHNSON . — atone you , ] i . e . reconcile you . So , in Cymbeline ...
... Warburton obferves , ) with a face of fupplication . STEEVENS . 2 The flavish motive- ] Motive , for inftrument . 3 Rather that which fear puts in motion . WARBURTON . JOHNSON . — atone you , ] i . e . reconcile you . So , in Cymbeline ...
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... WARBURTON . The sense would perhaps have been better if the author had written what his commentator fubftitutes ; but the rhyme , to which fenfe is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jest , and obliges us to read it ...
... WARBURTON . The sense would perhaps have been better if the author had written what his commentator fubftitutes ; but the rhyme , to which fenfe is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jest , and obliges us to read it ...
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... WARBURTON . To this note , written with fuch an appearance of taste and judgment , I am afraid every reader will not fubfcribe . It is true , that peace awake is fill peace , as well as when afleep ; but peace awakened by the tumults of ...
... WARBURTON . To this note , written with fuch an appearance of taste and judgment , I am afraid every reader will not fubfcribe . It is true , that peace awake is fill peace , as well as when afleep ; but peace awakened by the tumults of ...
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... . " And again , in the fame play , King Henry fays : " That's not my fear , my meed hath got me fame . " M. MASON . 9 -compaffionate ; ] for plaintive . WARBURTON . NOR . Then thus I turn me from my country's 30 KING RICHARD II.
... . " And again , in the fame play , King Henry fays : " That's not my fear , my meed hath got me fame . " M. MASON . 9 -compaffionate ; ] for plaintive . WARBURTON . NOR . Then thus I turn me from my country's 30 KING RICHARD II.
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... WARBURTON . 2 advifed- i . e . concerted , deliberated . So , in The Merchant of Venice : 66 with more advised watch . " STEEVENS . 3 Norfolk , fo far & c . ] I do not clearly fee what is the fenfe of this abrupt line ; but fuppofe the ...
... WARBURTON . 2 advifed- i . e . concerted , deliberated . So , in The Merchant of Venice : 66 with more advised watch . " STEEVENS . 3 Norfolk , fo far & c . ] I do not clearly fee what is the fenfe of this abrupt line ; but fuppofe the ...
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