The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 21J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... paffages were examined , more words would be necessary than the fubject is worth ; those who are well acquainted with his works , cannot entertain a doubt on the queftion . - I will how- ever mention one mode by which it may be eafily ...
... paffages were examined , more words would be necessary than the fubject is worth ; those who are well acquainted with his works , cannot entertain a doubt on the queftion . - I will how- ever mention one mode by which it may be eafily ...
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... to the fucceffion . MALONE . Thus alfo Raleigh : " The empire being elective , and not fuc- ceffive , the emperors , in being , made profit of their own times . " Keep then this paffage to the Capitol ; And fuffer STEEVENS .
... to the fucceffion . MALONE . Thus alfo Raleigh : " The empire being elective , and not fuc- ceffive , the emperors , in being , made profit of their own times . " Keep then this paffage to the Capitol ; And fuffer STEEVENS .
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... paffage to the Capitol ; And fuffer not dishonour to approach The imperial feat , to virtue confecrate , To juftice , continence , and nobility : But let defert in pure election fhine ; And , Romans , fight for freedom in your choice ...
... paffage to the Capitol ; And fuffer not dishonour to approach The imperial feat , to virtue confecrate , To juftice , continence , and nobility : But let defert in pure election fhine ; And , Romans , fight for freedom in your choice ...
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... paffage in Ovid : " vadit ad ar- tificem , " and therefore took it for granted that the found him in his tent . STEEVENS . I have no doubt that the writer of this play had read Euripides in the original . Mr. Steevens juftly observes in ...
... paffage in Ovid : " vadit ad ar- tificem , " and therefore took it for granted that the found him in his tent . STEEVENS . I have no doubt that the writer of this play had read Euripides in the original . Mr. Steevens juftly observes in ...
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... paffage alone would fufficiently convince me , that the play before us was the work of one who was converfant with the Greek tragedies in their original language . We have here a plain allufion to the Ajax of Sophocles , of which no ...
... paffage alone would fufficiently convince me , that the play before us was the work of one who was converfant with the Greek tragedies in their original language . We have here a plain allufion to the Ajax of Sophocles , of which no ...
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