The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 9J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... former is in our author's best manner , and a great part of the latter in his worst ... old play : " Read the Booke of Taming a Shrew , which hath made a number of ... copy appeared at the Black - Friars or the Globe . - Nor let this feem ...
... former is in our author's best manner , and a great part of the latter in his worst ... old play : " Read the Booke of Taming a Shrew , which hath made a number of ... copy appeared at the Black - Friars or the Globe . - Nor let this feem ...
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... old copy reads - go by S Jeronimie- . STEEVENS . All the editions have coined a Saint here , for Sly to fwear by . But the poet had no fuch intentions . The paffage has par- ticular humour in it , and must have been very pleafing at ...
... old copy reads - go by S Jeronimie- . STEEVENS . All the editions have coined a Saint here , for Sly to fwear by . But the poet had no fuch intentions . The paffage has par- ticular humour in it , and must have been very pleafing at ...
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... old 7 I must go fetch the headborough . copy reads : Sly . Third , or fourth , or fifth borough , & c . STEEVENS . This corrupt reading had paffed down through all the copies , 1 SLY . Third , or fourth , or fifth borough 14 TAMING OF ...
... old 7 I must go fetch the headborough . copy reads : Sly . Third , or fourth , or fifth borough , & c . STEEVENS . This corrupt reading had paffed down through all the copies , 1 SLY . Third , or fourth , or fifth borough 14 TAMING OF ...
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... old copy prefixes the name of Sincklo to this line , why fhould we difplace it ? Sincklo is a name elsewhere used by Shak- fpeare . In one of the parts of King Henry VI . Humphrey and Sincklo enter with their bows , as forefters . With ...
... old copy prefixes the name of Sincklo to this line , why fhould we difplace it ? Sincklo is a name elsewhere used by Shak- fpeare . In one of the parts of King Henry VI . Humphrey and Sincklo enter with their bows , as forefters . With ...
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... original copy , which adds some support to the emendation now proposed : I Vincentio's fon , come of the Bentivolii , Vincentio's fon brought up in Florence , It shall become , & c . MALONE . 1 Vincentio his fon , ] The old copy reads ...
... original copy , which adds some support to the emendation now proposed : I Vincentio's fon , come of the Bentivolii , Vincentio's fon brought up in Florence , It shall become , & c . MALONE . 1 Vincentio his fon , ] The old copy reads ...
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againſt ancient Antigonus Antony and Cleopatra Autolycus Baptifta becauſe beſt Bianca BION Biondello Bohemia buſineſs called Camillo comedy daughter editor Exeunt Exit expreffion faid fame father fecond folio feems fenfe Feran Ferando fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fome ftand fuch fuppofe fure fweet gentleman Gremio Hanmer hath Hermione himſelf honour Hortenfio houſe huſband JOHNSON Kate KATH Katharine King Henry King Lear lady LEON Leontes loft lord Lucentio mafter MALONE means meaſure miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf obferves old copy Padua paffage Paulina Petruchio play pleaſe Polixenes pray prefent purpoſe queen reaſon ſay ſcene ſeems Shakspeare ſhall ſhe SHEP Sicilia ſpeak ſpeech ſtay STEEVENS tell thee thefe Theobald theſe thoſe thou Tranio unto uſed Vincentio WARBURTON whofe wife Winter's Tale word