The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... moft heedfully . PRO . Being once perfected how to grant fuits , 2 A princess ; -no worse issued . ] The old copy reads " And princess . " For the trivial change in the text I am answerable . Iffued is defcended . So , in Greene's Card ...
... moft heedfully . PRO . Being once perfected how to grant fuits , 2 A princess ; -no worse issued . ] The old copy reads " And princess . " For the trivial change in the text I am answerable . Iffued is defcended . So , in Greene's Card ...
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... moft aufpicicus star ; whose influence 2 If now I court not , but omit , my fortunes Will ever after droop . --- Here cease more questions ; Thou art inclin'd to fleep ; ' tis a good dulness , 3 And give it way ; -I know thou can'st not ...
... moft aufpicicus star ; whose influence 2 If now I court not , but omit , my fortunes Will ever after droop . --- Here cease more questions ; Thou art inclin'd to fleep ; ' tis a good dulness , 3 And give it way ; -I know thou can'st not ...
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... moft depraved , and the aerial the less vitiated . Thus Profpero obferves of Ariel : Thou waft a fpirit too delicate To act her earthy and abhorr'd commands . Over these spirits a power might be obtained by certain rites perFrom what a ...
... moft depraved , and the aerial the less vitiated . Thus Profpero obferves of Ariel : Thou waft a fpirit too delicate To act her earthy and abhorr'd commands . Over these spirits a power might be obtained by certain rites perFrom what a ...
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... Moft fure , the goddess On whom these airs attend ! 8 - Vouchsafe , my prayer Again , in Sidney's Arcadia Lib . I : " Sometimes my eyes would lay themselves open - or caft my lids , as curtains , over the image of beauty her prefence ...
... Moft fure , the goddess On whom these airs attend ! 8 - Vouchsafe , my prayer Again , in Sidney's Arcadia Lib . I : " Sometimes my eyes would lay themselves open - or caft my lids , as curtains , over the image of beauty her prefence ...
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... Moft busy - less , when I do it . ] The two first folios read : " Most busy left , when I do it . " ' Tis true this reading is corrupt ; but the corruption is fo very little removed from the truth of the text , that I cannot afford to ...
... Moft busy - less , when I do it . ] The two first folios read : " Most busy left , when I do it . " ' Tis true this reading is corrupt ; but the corruption is fo very little removed from the truth of the text , that I cannot afford to ...
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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