The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI; an Historical Account of the English Stage; and Notes; by Edmond Malone, Volume 8 |
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To breatbe a horse , is to exercise him for the course . JOHNSON . - continuate -
1 This word is used by many ancient English writers . Thus , by Chapman in his
version of the 4th book of the Odyley : · Her handmaids join'd in a continuate yell .
To breatbe a horse , is to exercise him for the course . JOHNSON . - continuate -
1 This word is used by many ancient English writers . Thus , by Chapman in his
version of the 4th book of the Odyley : · Her handmaids join'd in a continuate yell .
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The modern editors have given it - wbicb issues . JOHNSO The only ancient copy
reads - Our poefie is as a gowne which uses . STLIVEXS . Gum and isues were
inserted by Mr. Pope ; cozes by Dr. Johnson . MALONE 1- and , like obe current ...
The modern editors have given it - wbicb issues . JOHNSO The only ancient copy
reads - Our poefie is as a gowne which uses . STLIVEXS . Gum and isues were
inserted by Mr. Pope ; cozes by Dr. Johnson . MALONE 1- and , like obe current ...
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JOHNSON . ' In a wide sea of wax : ] Anciently they wrote upon waxen tables with
an iron ftile . HANMER . I once thought with Hanmer that this was only an allufion
to the Roman practice of writing with a style on waxen tablets ; but it appears ...
JOHNSON . ' In a wide sea of wax : ] Anciently they wrote upon waxen tables with
an iron ftile . HANMER . I once thought with Hanmer that this was only an allufion
to the Roman practice of writing with a style on waxen tablets ; but it appears ...
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JOHNSON . 4 - glib and Dippery creatures , --- ] Hanmer , and Warburton after
him , read - natures . Slippery is smooth , unrenting . JOHNSON . glajs - fac'd
flasterer- ) That shows in his own look , as by reflection , the looks of his patron .
JOHNSON . 4 - glib and Dippery creatures , --- ] Hanmer , and Warburton after
him , read - natures . Slippery is smooth , unrenting . JOHNSON . glajs - fac'd
flasterer- ) That shows in his own look , as by reflection , the looks of his patron .
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JOHNSON . 2 In our condition . ] Condition , for art . WARBURTON . 3. Rain
sacrificial wbisperings in bis ear , ] Whisperings attended with such respect and
veneration as accompany Tacrifices to the gods . Such , I suppose , is the
meaning .
JOHNSON . 2 In our condition . ] Condition , for art . WARBURTON . 3. Rain
sacrificial wbisperings in bis ear , ] Whisperings attended with such respect and
veneration as accompany Tacrifices to the gods . Such , I suppose , is the
meaning .
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to ..., Volume 8 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI; an Historical Account of the English Stage; and Notes; by Edmond Malone, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | H. Baldwin, 1790 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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