The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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... thefe I have pointed out , and others I have omitted as undeferving notice . The number of quo- tations from Horace , and fimilar fcraps of learning scattered over this motley piece , afcertain it to have been the work of a scholar . It ...
... thefe I have pointed out , and others I have omitted as undeferving notice . The number of quo- tations from Horace , and fimilar fcraps of learning scattered over this motley piece , afcertain it to have been the work of a scholar . It ...
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... thefe rights fo forcibly withheld . K. JOHN . Here have we war for war , and blood for blood , Controlment for controlment ; fo answer France . * 3 - control- ] Oppofition , from controller . JOHNSON . I think it rather means constraint ...
... thefe rights fo forcibly withheld . K. JOHN . Here have we war for war , and blood for blood , Controlment for controlment ; fo answer France . * 3 - control- ] Oppofition , from controller . JOHNSON . I think it rather means constraint ...
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... Thefe groats , with the impreffion in profile , are undoubtedly here alluded to : though , as I faid , the poet is knowingly guilty of an anachronism in it : for in the time of King John there were no groats at all ; ROB . My gracious ...
... Thefe groats , with the impreffion in profile , are undoubtedly here alluded to : though , as I faid , the poet is knowingly guilty of an anachronism in it : for in the time of King John there were no groats at all ; ROB . My gracious ...
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... thefe pieces all had her head , and were alternately with the rose behind . and without the rofe . THEOBALD . Mr. Theobald has not mentioned a material circumftance rela- tive to thefe three - farthing pieces , on which the propriety of ...
... thefe pieces all had her head , and were alternately with the rose behind . and without the rofe . THEOBALD . Mr. Theobald has not mentioned a material circumftance rela- tive to thefe three - farthing pieces , on which the propriety of ...
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... Thefe expreffions mean , to be born out of wedlock . So , in The Family of Love , 1608 : Woe worth the time that ever I gave fuck to a child that came in at the window ! " So , in Northward Hoe , by Decker and Webfter , 1607 : 66 ...
... Thefe expreffions mean , to be born out of wedlock . So , in The Family of Love , 1608 : Woe worth the time that ever I gave fuck to a child that came in at the window ! " So , in Northward Hoe , by Decker and Webfter , 1607 : 66 ...
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