The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... first exam- ple of failor's language exhibited on the stage , there are , as I have been told by a skilful navigator , some inaccuracies and contra- dictory orders . JOHNSON . The foregoing observation is founded on a mistake . Thefe ...
... first exam- ple of failor's language exhibited on the stage , there are , as I have been told by a skilful navigator , some inaccuracies and contra- dictory orders . JOHNSON . The foregoing observation is founded on a mistake . Thefe ...
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... first expresses a wish to fee the good old man , and then obferves that the may now arife , as the story is done . Profpero , surprized that his charm does not yet work , bids her fit ftill ; and then enters on fresh matter to amuse the ...
... first expresses a wish to fee the good old man , and then obferves that the may now arife , as the story is done . Profpero , surprized that his charm does not yet work , bids her fit ftill ; and then enters on fresh matter to amuse the ...
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... first man that leap'd ; cried , Hell is empty , And all the devils are here . PRO . Why , that's my spirit ! But was not this nigh shore ? ARI . Close by , my master . PRO . But are they , Ariel , safe ? ARI . Not a hair perifsh'd ; On ...
... first man that leap'd ; cried , Hell is empty , And all the devils are here . PRO . Why , that's my spirit ! But was not this nigh shore ? ARI . Close by , my master . PRO . But are they , Ariel , safe ? ARI . Not a hair perifsh'd ; On ...
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... first line , and the ridiculous precaution that Ariel should not be invisible to himself , plainly prove that the words and thine were the interpolations of ignorance . STEEVENS . Go make thyself like a nymph o ' the sea : be subject To ...
... first line , and the ridiculous precaution that Ariel should not be invisible to himself , plainly prove that the words and thine were the interpolations of ignorance . STEEVENS . Go make thyself like a nymph o ' the sea : be subject To ...
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... first , 5 Thou strok'dst me , and mad'st much of me ; would'st give me Water with berries in't ; and teach me how To name the bigger light , and how the less , That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee , And fhew'd thee all the ...
... first , 5 Thou strok'dst me , and mad'st much of me ; would'st give me Water with berries in't ; and teach me how To name the bigger light , and how the less , That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee , And fhew'd thee all the ...
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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