The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... gods a thankful facrifice . When it pleaseth their deities to take the wife of a tures , however plaufible , only to put all future commentators on their guard against fufpecting a paffage to be corrupt , because the diction is ...
... gods a thankful facrifice . When it pleaseth their deities to take the wife of a tures , however plaufible , only to put all future commentators on their guard against fufpecting a paffage to be corrupt , because the diction is ...
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... gods have been pleafed to take away your wife Fulvia , fo they have provided you with a new one in Cleopatra ; in like manner as the tailors of the earth , when your old garments are worn out , accommodate you with new ones . ANONYMOUS ...
... gods have been pleafed to take away your wife Fulvia , fo they have provided you with a new one in Cleopatra ; in like manner as the tailors of the earth , when your old garments are worn out , accommodate you with new ones . ANONYMOUS ...
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... gods best know , - CLEO . O , never was there queen So mightily betray'd ! Yet , at the first , I saw the treafons planted . ANT . Cleopatra , - CLEO . Why should I think , you can be mine , and true , Though you in fwearing shake the ...
... gods best know , - CLEO . O , never was there queen So mightily betray'd ! Yet , at the first , I saw the treafons planted . ANT . Cleopatra , - CLEO . Why should I think , you can be mine , and true , Though you in fwearing shake the ...
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... God ! The decent exclaimer always ftops before the facred name is pronounced . Could fuch an exclama- tion therefore have been uttered by the Pagan Cleopatra ? STEEVENS . The fenfe of the paffage appears to me to be this : " O , my ...
... God ! The decent exclaimer always ftops before the facred name is pronounced . Could fuch an exclama- tion therefore have been uttered by the Pagan Cleopatra ? STEEVENS . The fenfe of the paffage appears to me to be this : " O , my ...
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... gods go with you ! upon your fword Sit laurel'd victory ! ' and fmooth fuccefs Be ftrew'd before your feet ! ' Tis fweating labour , To bear fuch idleness fo near the heart , As Cleopatra this.— WARBURTON . Dr. Warburton's explanation ...
... gods go with you ! upon your fword Sit laurel'd victory ! ' and fmooth fuccefs Be ftrew'd before your feet ! ' Tis fweating labour , To bear fuch idleness fo near the heart , As Cleopatra this.— WARBURTON . Dr. Warburton's explanation ...
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