The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 13 |
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JOHNSON . A glass that FEATED them ; ] A glass that formed them ; model , by the contemplation and inspection of which they formed their manners . JOHNSON . He was indeed the glass " Wherein the noble youths did dress themselves .
JOHNSON . A glass that FEATED them ; ] A glass that formed them ; model , by the contemplation and inspection of which they formed their manners . JOHNSON . He was indeed the glass " Wherein the noble youths did dress themselves .
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Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : 66 - 66 A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : thou heapest many " Years , ages , on me !
Dr. Warburton would read " A yare ( i . e . a speedy ) age ; Sir T. Hanmer would restore the metre by a supplemental epithet : 66 - 66 A year's age , " & c . and Dr. Johnson would give us : thou heapest many " Years , ages , on me !
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JOHNSON . The same allusion is common to other writers . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn : 66 a common trull , " A tempting sign , and curiously set forth , " To draw in riotous guests .
JOHNSON . The same allusion is common to other writers . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn : 66 a common trull , " A tempting sign , and curiously set forth , " To draw in riotous guests .
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JOHNSON . 6 under her colours , ] Under her banner ; by her influence . JOHNSON . 7 — and the APPROBATION of those , -ARE wonderfully to extend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shakspeare's plays .
JOHNSON . 6 under her colours , ] Under her banner ; by her influence . JOHNSON . 7 — and the APPROBATION of those , -ARE wonderfully to extend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shakspeare's plays .
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JOHNSON . This passage cannot bear the meaning that Johnson contends for . Posthumus is describing a presumptuous young man , as he acknowledges himself to have been at that time ; and means to say , that he rather studied to avoid ...
JOHNSON . This passage cannot bear the meaning that Johnson contends for . Posthumus is describing a presumptuous young man , as he acknowledges himself to have been at that time ; and means to say , that he rather studied to avoid ...
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 13 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributor | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Rwington, 1821 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2015 |
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