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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... nature of the gods ? Draw near them then in being merciful : 8 6 earthly prifon ] Edit . 1600 : - " earthy prifon . " TODD . 7 Nor we difturb'd with prodigies on earth . ] It was fuppofed by the ancients , that the ghofts of unburied ...
... nature of the gods ? Draw near them then in being merciful : 8 6 earthly prifon ] Edit . 1600 : - " earthy prifon . " TODD . 7 Nor we difturb'd with prodigies on earth . ] It was fuppofed by the ancients , that the ghofts of unburied ...
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... nature , that if her tongue had been all the was condemned to lofe , perhaps the author ( who- ever he was ) might have escaped cenfure on the fcore of poetick juftice . STEEVENS . TIT . Traitors , avaunt ! Where is the emperor's 22 ...
... nature , that if her tongue had been all the was condemned to lofe , perhaps the author ( who- ever he was ) might have escaped cenfure on the fcore of poetick juftice . STEEVENS . TIT . Traitors , avaunt ! Where is the emperor's 22 ...
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... nature plead . QUIN . Father , and in that name doth nature fpeak . TIT . Speak thou no more , if all the reft will speed . • He is not with himself ; let us withdraw . ] Read He is not now himself ; - -.RITSON , Perhaps the old reading ...
... nature plead . QUIN . Father , and in that name doth nature fpeak . TIT . Speak thou no more , if all the reft will speed . • He is not with himself ; let us withdraw . ] Read He is not now himself ; - -.RITSON , Perhaps the old reading ...
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... nature , which is the old fig- nification of kind . JOHNSON . 7 with her facred wit , ] Sacred here fignifies accurfed ; a Latinism : 66 Quid non mortalia pectora cogis , Auri facra fames ? " Virg . MALONE , And the fhall file our ...
... nature , which is the old fig- nification of kind . JOHNSON . 7 with her facred wit , ] Sacred here fignifies accurfed ; a Latinism : 66 Quid non mortalia pectora cogis , Auri facra fames ? " Virg . MALONE , And the fhall file our ...
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... nature of a failor's hammock , and a child's cra- dle , is a curiofity which only Ravenscroft could have ventured to defcribe on the stage . I hope I may be excused for transplanting a few of his flowers into the barren defart of our ...
... nature of a failor's hammock , and a child's cra- dle , is a curiofity which only Ravenscroft could have ventured to defcribe on the stage . I hope I may be excused for transplanting a few of his flowers into the barren defart of our ...
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