The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... used by Stanyhurft , in his version of the second Book of Virgil's Eneid : " To live now longer , Troy burnt , he flatly reneageth . " STEEVENS . And is become the bellows , and the fan , B 3 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. ...
... used by Stanyhurft , in his version of the second Book of Virgil's Eneid : " To live now longer , Troy burnt , he flatly reneageth . " STEEVENS . And is become the bellows , and the fan , B 3 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. ...
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... used for contrary purposes , were probably oppofed by the author , who might perhaps have written : is become the bellows , and the fan , To kindle and to cool a gypfy's luft . JOHNSON . In Lyly's Midas , 1592 , the bellows is used both ...
... used for contrary purposes , were probably oppofed by the author , who might perhaps have written : is become the bellows , and the fan , To kindle and to cool a gypfy's luft . JOHNSON . In Lyly's Midas , 1592 , the bellows is used both ...
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... used improperly for third , or one of three . One of the triumvirs , one of the three mafters of the world . WARBURTON . So , in All's well that ends well : " Which , as the deareft iffue of his practice , " He bade me store up as a ...
... used improperly for third , or one of three . One of the triumvirs , one of the three mafters of the world . WARBURTON . So , in All's well that ends well : " Which , as the deareft iffue of his practice , " He bade me store up as a ...
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... used to fignify variety , ( as change of clothes , of honours , & c . ) proves nothing : change of clothes or linen neceffarily imports more than one ; but the thing fought for is the meaning of the verb to change , and no proof is pro ...
... used to fignify variety , ( as change of clothes , of honours , & c . ) proves nothing : change of clothes or linen neceffarily imports more than one ; but the thing fought for is the meaning of the verb to change , and no proof is pro ...
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... used for if . JOHNSON . If every one of your withes , fays the Soothsayer , had a womb , and each womb - invested wifh were likewife fertile , you then would have a million of children . The merely fuppofing each of her wishes to have a ...
... used for if . JOHNSON . If every one of your withes , fays the Soothsayer , had a womb , and each womb - invested wifh were likewife fertile , you then would have a million of children . The merely fuppofing each of her wishes to have a ...
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