The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 1-2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Hanmer reads , not improbably , change for horns his garlands . I am in doubt whether to change is not merely to dress , or to dress with changes of garlands . JOHNSON . man : So , Taylor , the water - poet , describing the habit of a ...
... Hanmer reads , not improbably , change for horns his garlands . I am in doubt whether to change is not merely to dress , or to dress with changes of garlands . JOHNSON . man : So , Taylor , the water - poet , describing the habit of a ...
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... Hanmer reads - They show to man the tailors of the earth ; comforting him therein , & c . I think the passage , with somewhat less alteration , for alteration is always dangerous , may stand thus - It shows to men the tailors of the ...
... Hanmer reads - They show to man the tailors of the earth ; comforting him therein , & c . I think the passage , with somewhat less alteration , for alteration is always dangerous , may stand thus - It shows to men the tailors of the ...
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... Hanmer , not understanding the word , reads , ray . See Vol . IV . p . 41 , n . 1. JOHNSON . I am not sure that the poet did not ' mean , was of heavenly origin . MALOne . - 6 Remains in use · - ] The poet seems to allude to the legal ...
... Hanmer , not understanding the word , reads , ray . See Vol . IV . p . 41 , n . 1. JOHNSON . I am not sure that the poet did not ' mean , was of heavenly origin . MALOne . - 6 Remains in use · - ] The poet seems to allude to the legal ...
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... Hanmer reads : -spots on ermine , Or fires , by night's blackness . JOHNSON . The meaning seems to be - As the stars or spots of heaven are not obscured , but rather rendered more bright , by the black- ness of the night , so neither is ...
... Hanmer reads : -spots on ermine , Or fires , by night's blackness . JOHNSON . The meaning seems to be - As the stars or spots of heaven are not obscured , but rather rendered more bright , by the black- ness of the night , so neither is ...
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... Hanmer , who thought the maturity of a boy an inconsistent idea , has put : - who , immature in knowledge : but the words experience and judgment require that we read mature : though Dr. Warburton has received the emendation . By boys ...
... Hanmer , who thought the maturity of a boy an inconsistent idea , has put : - who , immature in knowledge : but the words experience and judgment require that we read mature : though Dr. Warburton has received the emendation . By boys ...
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