The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Richard II : " Go thou , and , like an executioner , " Cut off the heads of too - fait - growing sprays " That look too lofty in our commonwealth . " Mr. Warton's note , however , on " trash for his quick hunt- ing , " in the second act ...
... Richard II : " Go thou , and , like an executioner , " Cut off the heads of too - fait - growing sprays " That look too lofty in our commonwealth . " Mr. Warton's note , however , on " trash for his quick hunt- ing , " in the second act ...
Page 37
... Richard II . Act I. fc . i .: " When , Harry ? " See note on this passage , Act I. fc . i . In Profpero's summons to Caliban , however , as it stands in the old copy , the word forth ( which I have repeated for the fake of metre ) is ...
... Richard II . Act I. fc . i .: " When , Harry ? " See note on this passage , Act I. fc . i . In Profpero's summons to Caliban , however , as it stands in the old copy , the word forth ( which I have repeated for the fake of metre ) is ...
Page 113
... Richard III . we have childish - foolish , senseless- obstinate , and mortal - staring . STEEVENS . 3 - too much muse , ] To muse , in ancient language , is to admire , to wonder . So , in Macbeth : " Do not muse at me , my most worthy ...
... Richard III . we have childish - foolish , senseless- obstinate , and mortal - staring . STEEVENS . 3 - too much muse , ] To muse , in ancient language , is to admire , to wonder . So , in Macbeth : " Do not muse at me , my most worthy ...
Page 149
... Richard II : 66 Tafte grief , need friends , like you , " & c . STEEVENS . PRO . Ye elves of hills , brooks , standing L3 TEMPEST . 149 His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops ...
... Richard II : 66 Tafte grief , need friends , like you , " & c . STEEVENS . PRO . Ye elves of hills , brooks , standing L3 TEMPEST . 149 His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops ...
Page 193
... III . sc . iv . STEEVENS . 9 too harsh a descant : ] Descant is a term in music . See Sir John Hawkins's note on the first speech in K. Richard III . STEEVENS . I - but a mean & c . ] The mean is the tenor in music . So , in the ...
... III . sc . iv . STEEVENS . 9 too harsh a descant : ] Descant is a term in music . See Sir John Hawkins's note on the first speech in K. Richard III . STEEVENS . I - but a mean & c . ] The mean is the tenor in music . So , in the ...
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