The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... fometimes willing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parifon , might ...
... fometimes willing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parifon , might ...
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... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnfon , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
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... fometimes justly blamed for wanton and needless deviations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable sanction , and few champions ...
... fometimes justly blamed for wanton and needless deviations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable sanction , and few champions ...
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... fometimes not without fufficient rea- fon . Yet , in our opinion , they have fuffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , fome words , alike unneceffary to fenfe ...
... fometimes not without fufficient rea- fon . Yet , in our opinion , they have fuffered a more certain injury from interpolation ; for almost as often as their measure is deranged , or redundant , fome words , alike unneceffary to fenfe ...
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... fometimes im- perfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly mifun- derstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regarding as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the fecond folio ; for ...
... fometimes im- perfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly mifun- derstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regarding as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the fecond folio ; for ...
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