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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... true reporter . So , in Hamlet : " He may approve our eyes , and speak to it . " MALONE . STEEVENS . 5 Enter Charmian , Iras , Alexas , and a Soothsayer . ] The old copy reads : " Enter Enobarbus , Lamprius , a Soothsayer , Rannius ...
... true reporter . So , in Hamlet : " He may approve our eyes , and speak to it . " MALONE . STEEVENS . 5 Enter Charmian , Iras , Alexas , and a Soothsayer . ] The old copy reads : " Enter Enobarbus , Lamprius , a Soothsayer , Rannius ...
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... true reading evidently is : -muft charge his horns with gar- lands , i.e. make him a rich and honourable cuckold , having his horns hung about with garlands . WARBURTON . Sir Thomas Hanmer reads , not improbably , change for horns his ...
... true reading evidently is : -muft charge his horns with gar- lands , i.e. make him a rich and honourable cuckold , having his horns hung about with garlands . WARBURTON . Sir Thomas Hanmer reads , not improbably , change for horns his ...
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... true rules for odd inventions . " But a careful revifion of these plays has taught me to place no confidence in such obfervations ; for from some book or other of the age , I have no doubt almoft every combination of words that may be ...
... true rules for odd inventions . " But a careful revifion of these plays has taught me to place no confidence in such obfervations ; for from some book or other of the age , I have no doubt almoft every combination of words that may be ...
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... true reading , for the reasons affigned in my original note . MALONE . " To change his horns with [ i . e . for ] garlands , " fignifies , to be a triumphant cuckold ; a cuckold who will confider his ftate as an honourable one . Thus ...
... true reading , for the reasons affigned in my original note . MALONE . " To change his horns with [ i . e . for ] garlands , " fignifies , to be a triumphant cuckold ; a cuckold who will confider his ftate as an honourable one . Thus ...
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... proof of this being a true correction , than the obfervation which Alexas immediately fubjoins on their wishes and zeal to hear him abused . THEOBALD . Enter CLEOPATRA . CLEO . Saw you my lord ? 20 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA .
... proof of this being a true correction , than the obfervation which Alexas immediately fubjoins on their wishes and zeal to hear him abused . THEOBALD . Enter CLEOPATRA . CLEO . Saw you my lord ? 20 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA .
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