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 13Rwington, 1821 |
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... JOHNSON . A glass that FEATED them ; ] A glass that formed them ; a model , by the contemplation and inspection of which they formed their manners . JOHNSON . This passage may be well explained by another in The First Part of King Henry ...
... JOHNSON . A glass that FEATED them ; ] A glass that formed them ; a model , by the contemplation and inspection of which they formed their manners . JOHNSON . This passage may be well explained by another in The First Part of King Henry ...
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... Johnson would give us : 66 Years , ages , on me ! " " 66 99 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline ...
... Johnson would give us : 66 Years , ages , on me ! " " 66 99 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline ...
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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 ex- tend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shak- speare's plays . So , in Julius ...
... JOHNSON . 6 under her colours , ] Under her banner ; by her influence . JOHNSON . 7 — and the APPROBATION of those , -ARE wonderfully to ex- tend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shak- speare's plays . So , in Julius ...
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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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... JOHNSON . though I profess , & c . ] Though I have not the common obligations of a lover to his mistress , and regard her not with the fondness of a friend , but the reverence of an adorer . JOHNSON . The sense seems to require a ...
... JOHNSON . though I profess , & c . ] Though I have not the common obligations of a lover to his mistress , and regard her not with the fondness of a friend , but the reverence of an adorer . JOHNSON . The sense seems to require a ...
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ALCIB Alcibiades Antony and Cleopatra APEM Apemantus Arviragus Athens Belarius believe better BOSWELL Cæsar called Cloten Cymbeline death dost doth edition editors emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false fear FLAV fool fortune gentleman give gods gold GUIDERIUS Hamlet hast hath heart heaven honest honour IACH Iachimo Imogen jewel JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear lady Leonatus look lord Lucius Lucullus Macbeth MALONE MASON master means metre mistress nature noble old copy old reading passage Perhaps Pisanio play poet POST Posthumus pr'ythee pray Queen Rape of Lucrece RITSON Roman says SCENE second folio sense SERV servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose thee Theobald thief thine thing thou art thought Timon Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT villain WARBURTON word