The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Johnson , however , might , in some degree , have coun- tenanced his explanation by a singular epithet , that occurs twice in the Iliad - aveμorpedès ; literally , wind - nourished . In the first instance , L. XI . 256 , it is applied ...
... Johnson , however , might , in some degree , have coun- tenanced his explanation by a singular epithet , that occurs twice in the Iliad - aveμorpedès ; literally , wind - nourished . In the first instance , L. XI . 256 , it is applied ...
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... Johnson find the word soil in this passage ? He found only winds , and was forced to substitute soil ventilated by ... Johnson's note we substitute , not cultivated , instead of— " not ventilated by quick winds , " we have a true ...
... Johnson find the word soil in this passage ? He found only winds , and was forced to substitute soil ventilated by ... Johnson's note we substitute , not cultivated , instead of— " not ventilated by quick winds , " we have a true ...
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... JOHNSON . I am not sure that the poet did not ' mean , was of heavenly origin . MALONE . • Remains in use- ] The poet seems to allude to the legal distinction between the use and absolute possession . JOHNSON . The same phrase has ...
... JOHNSON . I am not sure that the poet did not ' mean , was of heavenly origin . MALONE . • Remains in use- ] The poet seems to allude to the legal distinction between the use and absolute possession . JOHNSON . The same phrase has ...
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... JOHNSON . Johnson is certainly right in his conjecture that we ought to read- " Our great competitor , " as this speech is addressed to Lepidus , his partner in the empire . Competitor means here , as it does wherever the word occurs in ...
... JOHNSON . Johnson is certainly right in his conjecture that we ought to read- " Our great competitor , " as this speech is addressed to Lepidus , his partner in the empire . Competitor means here , as it does wherever the word occurs in ...
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... JOHNSON . Whom these things cannot blemish , ) ] This seems inconse- quent . I read : And his composure & c . Grant that this becomes him , and if it can become him , he must have in him something very uncommon , yet , & c . JOHNSON ...
... JOHNSON . Whom these things cannot blemish , ) ] This seems inconse- quent . I read : And his composure & c . Grant that this becomes him , and if it can become him , he must have in him something very uncommon , yet , & c . JOHNSON ...
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