The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... first exam- ple of failor's language exhibited on the ftage , there are , as I have been told by a tkilful navigator , fome inaccuracies and contra- dictory orders . JOHNSON . The foregoing obfervation is founded on a mistake . These ...
... first exam- ple of failor's language exhibited on the ftage , there are , as I have been told by a tkilful navigator , fome inaccuracies and contra- dictory orders . JOHNSON . The foregoing obfervation is founded on a mistake . These ...
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... first inftance , is ufed as a diffyllable , in the fecond as a monofyllable . But this is not a licence peculiar to the profody of Shakspeare . In the fecond book of Sidney's Arcadia are the following lines , exhibiting the fame word ...
... first inftance , is ufed as a diffyllable , in the fecond as a monofyllable . But this is not a licence peculiar to the profody of Shakspeare . In the fecond book of Sidney's Arcadia are the following lines , exhibiting the fame word ...
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... first , And Profpero the prime duke ; being so reputed In dignity , and , for the liberal arts , Without a parallel ; thofe being all my ftudy , The government I caft upon my brother , And to my ftate grew ftranger , being transported ...
... first , And Profpero the prime duke ; being so reputed In dignity , and , for the liberal arts , Without a parallel ; thofe being all my ftudy , The government I caft upon my brother , And to my ftate grew ftranger , being transported ...
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... first expreffes a wish to see the good old man , and then obferves that the may now arife , as the ftory is done . Profpero , furprized that his charm does not yet work , bids her fit ftill ; and then enters on fresh matter to amufe the ...
... first expreffes a wish to see the good old man , and then obferves that the may now arife , as the ftory is done . Profpero , furprized that his charm does not yet work , bids her fit ftill ; and then enters on fresh matter to amufe the ...
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... first line , and the ridiculous precaution that Ariel fhould not be invifible to himfelf , piainly prove that the words - and thine - were the interpolations of ignorance . STEEVENS . Go make thy felf like a nymph o ' the fea : be ...
... first line , and the ridiculous precaution that Ariel fhould not be invifible to himfelf , piainly prove that the words - and thine - were the interpolations of ignorance . STEEVENS . Go make thy felf like a nymph o ' the fea : be ...
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