The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... JOHNSON . The paffage , as Mr. Holt has observed , should be pointed , Set her two courses , off , & c . Such another expreffion occurs in Decker's If this be not a good -off with your Drablers Play , the Devil is in it , 1612 : 66 and ...
... JOHNSON . The paffage , as Mr. Holt has observed , should be pointed , Set her two courses , off , & c . Such another expreffion occurs in Decker's If this be not a good -off with your Drablers Play , the Devil is in it , 1612 : 66 and ...
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... JOHNSON . Verstegan , p . 61. speaking of beer , says " So the overdecking or covering of beer came to be called berham , and afterwards barme . " This very well supports Dr. Johnson's explanation . The following passage in Antony and ...
... JOHNSON . Verstegan , p . 61. speaking of beer , says " So the overdecking or covering of beer came to be called berham , and afterwards barme . " This very well supports Dr. Johnson's explanation . The following passage in Antony and ...
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... by his art had brought upon Miranda , and of which he knew not how foon the effect would begin , makes him question her so often whether she is attentive to his story . JOHNSON . To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly , 26 TEMPEST .
... by his art had brought upon Miranda , and of which he knew not how foon the effect would begin , makes him question her so often whether she is attentive to his story . JOHNSON . To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly , 26 TEMPEST .
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... JOHNSON . The erysipelas was anciently called the red plague . STEEVENS . So again , in Coriolanus : " Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome ! " The word rid , which has not been explained , means to destroy . So , in K ...
... JOHNSON . The erysipelas was anciently called the red plague . STEEVENS . So again , in Coriolanus : " Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome ! " The word rid , which has not been explained , means to destroy . So , in K ...
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... JOHNSON . The fongs in this play , Dr. Wilson , who refet and published two of them , tells us , in his Court Ayres , or Ballads , published at Oxford , 1660 , that " Full fathom five , " and " Where the bee fucks , " had been first set ...
... JOHNSON . The fongs in this play , Dr. Wilson , who refet and published two of them , tells us , in his Court Ayres , or Ballads , published at Oxford , 1660 , that " Full fathom five , " and " Where the bee fucks , " had been first set ...
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