The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... fometimes willing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parifon , might ...
... fometimes willing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it justifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parifon , might ...
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... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithftanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
... fometimes fol- lowed the fuggeftions of a Warburton , a Johnson , a Farmer , or a Tyrwhitt , in preference to the deci- fions of a Hemings or a Condell , notwithftanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
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... fometimes justly blamed for wanton and needlefs deviations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable sanction , and few champions ...
... fometimes justly blamed for wanton and needlefs deviations from ancient copies ; and we are afraid that cenfure will as equitably fall on fome of us , for a revival of irregularities which have no reasonable sanction , and few champions ...
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... fometimes im- perfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly misun- derstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regarding as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the fecond folio for ...
... fometimes im- perfectly deciphered , and fometimes wholly misun- derstood . Mr. Malone , indeed , frequently points his artillery at a perfonage whom we cannot help regarding as a phantom ; we mean the Editor of the fecond folio for ...
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... fometimes fhuffled into the correfponding page of another ; and fometimes the faulty leaf is withdrawn , and no other fubftituted in its room . Thefe circumstances might be exemplified ; but the fubject is scarcely of confequence enough ...
... fometimes fhuffled into the correfponding page of another ; and fometimes the faulty leaf is withdrawn , and no other fubftituted in its room . Thefe circumstances might be exemplified ; but the fubject is scarcely of confequence enough ...
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