The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... things of day begin to droop and drowse , " And night's black agents to their preys do roufe . " MALONE . 5 Rumour is a pipe- ] Here the poet imagines himself defcribing Rumour , and forgets that Rumour is the speaker . JOHNSON . And of ...
... things of day begin to droop and drowse , " And night's black agents to their preys do roufe . " MALONE . 5 Rumour is a pipe- ] Here the poet imagines himself defcribing Rumour , and forgets that Rumour is the speaker . JOHNSON . And of ...
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... thing he would not know , 1 - fo -fo woe - begone , ] This word was common enough amongst the old Scottish and English poets , as G. Douglas , Chaucer , Lord Buckhurst , Fairfax ; and fignifies , far gone in woe . WARBURTON . So , in ...
... thing he would not know , 1 - fo -fo woe - begone , ] This word was common enough amongst the old Scottish and English poets , as G. Douglas , Chaucer , Lord Buckhurst , Fairfax ; and fignifies , far gone in woe . WARBURTON . So , in ...
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... thing that's heavy in itself , Upon enforcement , flies with greatest speed ; So did our men , heavy in Hotspur's lofs , Lend to this weight fuch lightness with their fear , That arrows fled not swifter toward their aim , Than did our ...
... thing that's heavy in itself , Upon enforcement , flies with greatest speed ; So did our men , heavy in Hotspur's lofs , Lend to this weight fuch lightness with their fear , That arrows fled not swifter toward their aim , Than did our ...
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... thing that tends to laughter , more than I invent , or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myfelf , but the caufe that wit is in other men . I do here walk before thee , like a fow , that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one ...
... thing that tends to laughter , more than I invent , or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myfelf , but the caufe that wit is in other men . I do here walk before thee , like a fow , that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one ...
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... thing remark- ably little , without any allufion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . VI . p . 82 , n . 3 : 2 " If low , an agate very vilely cut . " MALONE . the juvenal , ] This term , which has already ...
... thing remark- ably little , without any allufion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . VI . p . 82 , n . 3 : 2 " If low , an agate very vilely cut . " MALONE . the juvenal , ] This term , which has already ...
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againſt alfo allufion ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt becauſe called captain cauſe coufin defire doth Duke Earl edition Engliſh Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame fays fcene fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince fir John firft firſt Fluellen foldier folio following paffage fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fword Harfleur hath Henry VI himſelf Holinfhed honour horſe humour JOHNSON Juftice King Henry King Henry IV knight lord mafter majefty MALONE means merry moft moſt muft muſt obferved old copy paffage perfon Piftol PIST play pleaſe POINS Pope prefent prince purpoſe quarto reaſon Richard II ſay ſcene ſeems ſenſe Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Oldcastle ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe themſelves THEOBALD theſe thoſe thou thouſand uſed WARBURTON whofe whoſe word