The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... fame profession . So , in Hamlet : " Come give us a taste of your quality . " See notes on this passage , Act II . fc . ii . STEEVENS . 7 Perform'd to point- ] i . e . to the minutest article ; a literal tranflation of the French phrase ...
... fame profession . So , in Hamlet : " Come give us a taste of your quality . " See notes on this passage , Act II . fc . ii . STEEVENS . 7 Perform'd to point- ] i . e . to the minutest article ; a literal tranflation of the French phrase ...
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... fame thoughts , and he will find them eafily iffue in the fame expreffions . JOHNSON , As wicked dew ] Wicked ; having baneful qualities . So Spenser fays , wicked weed ; fo , in oppofition , we fay herbs or medicines have virtues ...
... fame thoughts , and he will find them eafily iffue in the fame expreffions . JOHNSON , As wicked dew ] Wicked ; having baneful qualities . So Spenser fays , wicked weed ; fo , in oppofition , we fay herbs or medicines have virtues ...
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... fame kind , is here used as a dissyllable . MALONE . Why should we encourage a supposition which no instance whatever countenances ? viz . that charms was used as a diffyllable . The verse is complete without such an effort to prolong ...
... fame kind , is here used as a dissyllable . MALONE . Why should we encourage a supposition which no instance whatever countenances ? viz . that charms was used as a diffyllable . The verse is complete without such an effort to prolong ...
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... fame burthen to a fong occurs in The Merchant of Venice , Act III . fc . ii . STEEVENS . 4 Burden , ding - dong . ] It should be- Ding - dong , ding - dong , ding - dong bell . FARMER . 5. That the earth owes : ] To owe , in this place ...
... fame burthen to a fong occurs in The Merchant of Venice , Act III . fc . ii . STEEVENS . 4 Burden , ding - dong . ] It should be- Ding - dong , ding - dong , ding - dong bell . FARMER . 5. That the earth owes : ] To owe , in this place ...
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... fame . Comus is universally allowed to have taken fome of its tints from The Tempest . T. WARTON . The first copy reads if you be maid , or no . Made was not suggested by Dr. Warburton , being an emendation introduced by the editor of ...
... fame . Comus is universally allowed to have taken fome of its tints from The Tempest . T. WARTON . The first copy reads if you be maid , or no . Made was not suggested by Dr. Warburton , being an emendation introduced by the editor of ...
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alſo ancient anſwer Ariel becauſe beſt Caliban called Demetrius doth DUKE elſe Exeunt Exit expreffion eyes fairy falſe fame fays feems fignifies fince fing firſt fleep folio fome fong foul fuch Gentlemen of Verona hath Hermia houſe inſtance JOHNSON Julia King lady laſt LAUN leſs loft lord loſe Lyſander MALONE maſter means Milan MIRA miſtreſs monſter moon moſt muſick muſt myſelf night Oberon obſerves old copy reads paffage paſſage perſon play pleaſe praiſe preſent Profpero Proteus Puck purpoſe Pyramus Queen reaſon RITSON ſame ſay ſcene ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice Shakſpeare Shakſpeare's ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould Silvia ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpeech SPEED ſpirit ſport ſtage ſtand ſtay STEEVENS ſtill ſtory ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſed ſweet thee Theobald theſe thoſe thou Thurio Titania tranflation TRIN uſed Valentine verſe Warburton whoſe word