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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... mind thy worst all beft exceeds ? " MALONE . I -whofe every paffion fully ftrives- ] The folio reads- who . It was corrected by Mr. Rowe ; but " whofe every paf- fion " was not , I fufpect , the phrafeology of Shakspeare's time . The ...
... mind thy worst all beft exceeds ? " MALONE . I -whofe every paffion fully ftrives- ] The folio reads- who . It was corrected by Mr. Rowe ; but " whofe every paf- fion " was not , I fufpect , the phrafeology of Shakspeare's time . The ...
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... minds . It is at least a conjecture that deferves to be mentioned . Dr. Johnson , however , might , in fome degree , have coun- tenanced his explanation by a fingular epithet , that occurs twice in the Iliad - aveμorpepès ; literally ...
... minds . It is at least a conjecture that deferves to be mentioned . Dr. Johnson , however , might , in fome degree , have coun- tenanced his explanation by a fingular epithet , that occurs twice in the Iliad - aveμorpepès ; literally ...
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... minds lie idle and untilled , they bring forth weeds ; but the telling us of our faults is a kind of culture to them . " The pro- noun our before quick , fhows that the substantive to which it refers must be something belonging to us ...
... minds lie idle and untilled , they bring forth weeds ; but the telling us of our faults is a kind of culture to them . " The pro- noun our before quick , fhows that the substantive to which it refers must be something belonging to us ...
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... minds . So , in King Henry IV . P. II : " It afcends me into the brain ; -makes it apprehenfive , quick , forgetive ... mind , which gives hope of a future harvest . " Being at all times very unwilling to depart from the old copy , I ...
... minds . So , in King Henry IV . P. II : " It afcends me into the brain ; -makes it apprehenfive , quick , forgetive ... mind , which gives hope of a future harvest . " Being at all times very unwilling to depart from the old copy , I ...
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... mind , turn to pain . JOHNSON . I rather understand the paffage thus : What we often caft from us in contempt we wish again for , and what is at prefent our greatest pleasure , lowers in our estimation by the revolution of time ; or by ...
... mind , turn to pain . JOHNSON . I rather understand the paffage thus : What we often caft from us in contempt we wish again for , and what is at prefent our greatest pleasure , lowers in our estimation by the revolution of time ; or by ...
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