The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... folio , a description of Bermuda , by Henry May , who was ship- wrecked there in 1593 . It was however one of our author's last works . In 1598 , he played a part in the original Every Man in his Humour . Two of the characters are ...
... folio , a description of Bermuda , by Henry May , who was ship- wrecked there in 1593 . It was however one of our author's last works . In 1598 , he played a part in the original Every Man in his Humour . Two of the characters are ...
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... fea , with a ship ; afterwards an uninhabited island . * This enumeration of persons is taken from the folio 1623 . STEEVENS . TEMPEST . ACT I. SCENE I. On a Ship at Antonio, his brother, the ufurping Duke of Milan...
... fea , with a ship ; afterwards an uninhabited island . * This enumeration of persons is taken from the folio 1623 . STEEVENS . TEMPEST . ACT I. SCENE I. On a Ship at Antonio, his brother, the ufurping Duke of Milan...
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... folio . MALONE . To trash for over - topping ; ] To trash , as Dr. Warburton observes , is to cut away the fuperfluities . This word I have met with in books containing directions for gardeners , published in the time of queen Elizabeth ...
... folio . MALONE . To trash for over - topping ; ] To trash , as Dr. Warburton observes , is to cut away the fuperfluities . This word I have met with in books containing directions for gardeners , published in the time of queen Elizabeth ...
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... folio 1623 , the inaccuracy of which , with equal judgement , he has cenfured . The genuine idiom of our language , at its different periods , can only be afcertained by reference to contemporary writers whose works were skilfully ...
... folio 1623 , the inaccuracy of which , with equal judgement , he has cenfured . The genuine idiom of our language , at its different periods , can only be afcertained by reference to contemporary writers whose works were skilfully ...
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... fay , that the interest of a drama rises or declines . STEEVENS . 9 princes- ] The first folio reads - princeffe . HENLEY . Corrected by Mr. Rowe . MALONE . For vainer hours , and tutors not so careful . TEMPEST . 25.
... fay , that the interest of a drama rises or declines . STEEVENS . 9 princes- ] The first folio reads - princeffe . HENLEY . Corrected by Mr. Rowe . MALONE . For vainer hours , and tutors not so careful . TEMPEST . 25.
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