The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... first and happiest hearers of the town , ] Were it necef- fary to strengthen Dr. Johnson's and Dr. Farmer's fuppofition , ( fee notes on the epilogue , ) that old Ben , not Shakspeare , was author of the prologue before us , we might ...
... first and happiest hearers of the town , ] Were it necef- fary to strengthen Dr. Johnson's and Dr. Farmer's fuppofition , ( fee notes on the epilogue , ) that old Ben , not Shakspeare , was author of the prologue before us , we might ...
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... first principles of things , or rudiments of knowledge . The word is here applied , not without a catachrefis , to a perfon . JOHNSON . 8 no man's pie is free'd From his ambitious finger . ] To have a finger in the pie , is a proverbial ...
... first principles of things , or rudiments of knowledge . The word is here applied , not without a catachrefis , to a perfon . JOHNSON . 8 no man's pie is free'd From his ambitious finger . ] To have a finger in the pie , is a proverbial ...
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... first edition . The latter editors , by injudicious correction , have printed : ૩ Out of his felf - drawn web . JOHNSON . -he gives us note , ] Old copy - O gives us & c . Cor- rected by Mr. Steevens . MALONE . + A gift that heaven ...
... first edition . The latter editors , by injudicious correction , have printed : ૩ Out of his felf - drawn web . JOHNSON . -he gives us note , ] Old copy - O gives us & c . Cor- rected by Mr. Steevens . MALONE . + A gift that heaven ...
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... first : Anger is like I A full - hot horfe ; who being allow'd his way , Self - mettle tires him . Not a man in England Can advise me like you : be to yourself As you would to your friend . BUCK . And from a mouth of honour I'll to the ...
... first : Anger is like I A full - hot horfe ; who being allow'd his way , Self - mettle tires him . Not a man in England Can advise me like you : be to yourself As you would to your friend . BUCK . And from a mouth of honour I'll to the ...
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... first in the row of counsellors , but that he was merely on a level with the reft , and stept in the fame line with them . M. MASON . 1 You know no more than others : & c . ] That is , you know no more than other counsellors , but you ...
... first in the row of counsellors , but that he was merely on a level with the reft , and stept in the fame line with them . M. MASON . 1 You know no more than others : & c . ] That is , you know no more than other counsellors , but you ...
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