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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Page 29
... ftand in the level of a gun is to stand in a line with its mouth , fo as to be hit by the hot . JOHNSON . So , in our author's Lover's Complaint : 66 not a heart which in his level came " Could scape the hail of his all - hurting aim ...
... ftand in the level of a gun is to stand in a line with its mouth , fo as to be hit by the hot . JOHNSON . So , in our author's Lover's Complaint : 66 not a heart which in his level came " Could scape the hail of his all - hurting aim ...
Page 71
... ftand , If the king pleafe ; his curfes and his bleffings Touch me alike , they are breath I not believe in . perceive this main end of these counfels , namely , the French king's fifter . The editor of the fourth folio and all the ...
... ftand , If the king pleafe ; his curfes and his bleffings Touch me alike , they are breath I not believe in . perceive this main end of these counfels , namely , the French king's fifter . The editor of the fourth folio and all the ...
Page 73
... , that my profeffions of welcome be not found empty talk . JOHNSON . So , in King Richard III : 66 we will not ftand to prate , " Talkers are no good doers . " STEEVENS . K. HEN . We are bufy ; go . [ KING HENRY VIII . 73.
... , that my profeffions of welcome be not found empty talk . JOHNSON . So , in King Richard III : 66 we will not ftand to prate , " Talkers are no good doers . " STEEVENS . K. HEN . We are bufy ; go . [ KING HENRY VIII . 73.
Page 83
... ftand , and the new error in the firft was overlooked . In the printing - house this frequently happens . MALONE . It is as probable that , in the present inftance , a correction , and the erasure that was defigned to make room for it ...
... ftand , and the new error in the firft was overlooked . In the printing - house this frequently happens . MALONE . It is as probable that , in the present inftance , a correction , and the erasure that was defigned to make room for it ...
Page 85
... ftand . Forty pence was , in those days , the proverbial expreffion of a small wager , or a small fum . Money was then reckoned by pounds , marks , and nobles . Forty pence is half a noble , or the fixth part of a pound . Forty pence ...
... ftand . Forty pence was , in those days , the proverbial expreffion of a small wager , or a small fum . Money was then reckoned by pounds , marks , and nobles . Forty pence is half a noble , or the fixth part of a pound . Forty pence ...
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Achilles Æneas againſt AGAM Agamemnon Ajax alfo anſwer Antony and Cleopatra becauſe buſineſs Calchas cardinal Creffida CRES defire Diomed doth Duke eringoes Exeunt faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhould firft firſt folio fome fpeech ftand ftate ftill ftrong fuch fuppofe fweet fword GENT Grecian Greeks Hanmer hath heaven HECT Hector Helen highneſs himſelf Holinfhed honour inftance itſelf JOHNSON KATH King Henry King Richard III king's lady lord Lord Chamberlain MALONE means meaſure Menelaus moft moſt muft muſt Neftor Neoptolemus noble obferves old copy paffage Pandarus Patroclus perfon play pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent Priam prince purpoſe quarto queen reafon ſay Shakspeare ſhall ſhe Sir Thomas Hanmer ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe THEOBALD THER Therfites theſe thofe thoſe thou Troilus Trojan Troy Ulyffes ULYSS uſed WARBURTON whofe Wolfey word