The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 20J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... editors have drawn many valuable emendations in this play . The disregard of concord is in cha- racter . It fhould be obferved , that the partizans of the Montague family wore a token in their hats , in order to diftinguish them from ...
... editors have drawn many valuable emendations in this play . The disregard of concord is in cha- racter . It fhould be obferved , that the partizans of the Montague family wore a token in their hats , in order to diftinguish them from ...
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... editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plaufible as the correction . She is rich , fays he , in beauty , and only poor in being fubject to the lot of humanity , that her Store , or riches , can be ...
... editors . I have replaced the old reading , because I think it at least as plaufible as the correction . She is rich , fays he , in beauty , and only poor in being fubject to the lot of humanity , that her Store , or riches , can be ...
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... editors print thofe instead of these , but without autho- rity . STEEVENS . Thefe happy masks , I believe , means no more than the happy nafks . Such is Mr. Tyrwhitt's opinion . See Vol . VI . p . 278 , n . 5. MALONE . " What doth her ...
... editors print thofe instead of these , but without autho- rity . STEEVENS . Thefe happy masks , I believe , means no more than the happy nafks . Such is Mr. Tyrwhitt's opinion . See Vol . VI . p . 278 , n . 5. MALONE . " What doth her ...
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... editor of the folio , whenever he found an error in a later quarto , seems to have corrected it by caprice , without examining the preceding copy . He reads - Or , fave your reverence , & c . MALONE . 4 we burn day - light , ho . ] To ...
... editor of the folio , whenever he found an error in a later quarto , seems to have corrected it by caprice , without examining the preceding copy . He reads - Or , fave your reverence , & c . MALONE . 4 we burn day - light , ho . ] To ...
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... editors , following Mr. Pope , read , with more delicacy , their feet . - An editor by fuch capricious alterations deprives the reader of the means of judging of the manners of different ages ; for the word employed in , the text ...
... editors , following Mr. Pope , read , with more delicacy , their feet . - An editor by fuch capricious alterations deprives the reader of the means of judging of the manners of different ages ; for the word employed in , the text ...
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againſt alfo ancient Antipholus art thou becauſe Benvolio breft Capulet cauſe cloſe death doft doth Dromio erft Exeunt expreffion eyes faid fame fecond folio feeke feems felfe fenfe fent ferve fhall fhould fince firft firſt flain fleep fome foon forrow fpeak fpeech frend Friar fryer ftand ftill ftraight fuch fuppofe fure fweet gleek hart hath heaven himſelf houſe huſband JOHNSON King lady laft laſt loft lord lyfe mafter MALONE Mantua Mercutio miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt mynde myſelf night Nurfe nurſe obferved old copy paffage payd pleaſant pleaſure prefent quarto quoth Rape of Lucrece reft Romeo Romeus and Juliet ſay Shakspeare ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtay STEEVENS teares tell thee thefe theſe theyr thofe thoſe thou art thouſand tranflation Tybalt unto uſed whilft whofe Whoſe wife word wyfe