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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Page 18
... I thus neglecting worldly ends , all dedicate- ] The old copy has dedicated ; " but we fhould read , as in the present text , dedicate . " Thus , in Meafure for Measure : To clofenefs , and the bettering of my mind With 18 TEMPEST .
... I thus neglecting worldly ends , all dedicate- ] The old copy has dedicated ; " but we fhould read , as in the present text , dedicate . " Thus , in Meafure for Measure : To clofenefs , and the bettering of my mind With 18 TEMPEST .
Page 22
... present business without the which , this Wherefore did they not Well demanded , wench ; My tale provokes that queftion . Dear , they durft not ; ( So dear the love my people bore me ) nor fet A mark fo bloody on the bufinefs ; but With ...
... present business without the which , this Wherefore did they not Well demanded , wench ; My tale provokes that queftion . Dear , they durft not ; ( So dear the love my people bore me ) nor fet A mark fo bloody on the bufinefs ; but With ...
Page 43
... present century ? - Perhaps he had read Eden's Hiftory of Travayle , 1577 , who tells us , p . 434 , that " the giantes , when they found themselves fet- tered , roared like bulls , and cried upon Setebos to help them . " - The ...
... present century ? - Perhaps he had read Eden's Hiftory of Travayle , 1577 , who tells us , p . 434 , that " the giantes , when they found themselves fet- tered , roared like bulls , and cried upon Setebos to help them . " - The ...
Page 65
... present inftance the preceding line is redundant . Perhaps the words here , as in many other paffages , have been shuffled out of their places , We might read- And use of service , none ; fucceffion , Contract , bourn , bound of land ...
... present inftance the preceding line is redundant . Perhaps the words here , as in many other paffages , have been shuffled out of their places , We might read- And use of service , none ; fucceffion , Contract , bourn , bound of land ...
Page 71
... present reading , and therefore imagine that the author gave it thus : For he , a fpirit of perfuafion , only Profeffes to perfuade the king , his fon's alive ; Of which the meaning may be either , that he alone , who is a Spirit of ...
... present reading , and therefore imagine that the author gave it thus : For he , a fpirit of perfuafion , only Profeffes to perfuade the king , his fon's alive ; Of which the meaning may be either , that he alone , who is a Spirit of ...
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