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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... words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- fpeare's time , was confidered as plural . So , in Plutarch's Life of Antony : " Antonius hearing these newes , " & c . MALONE . Take in & c . ] i . e ...
... words . JOHNSON . 9 Nay , hear them , ] i . e . the news . This word , in Shak- fpeare's time , was confidered as plural . So , in Plutarch's Life of Antony : " Antonius hearing these newes , " & c . MALONE . Take in & c . ] i . e ...
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... word was never abbre- viated . I alfo doubted the phrafeology - change with , and do not at prefent recollect any ... words that may be found in our author , however uncouth it may ap- pear to our ears , or however different from modern ...
... word was never abbre- viated . I alfo doubted the phrafeology - change with , and do not at prefent recollect any ... words that may be found in our author , however uncouth it may ap- pear to our ears , or however different from modern ...
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... word foil in this paffage ? He found only winds , and was forced to fubftitute foil ventilated by winds in the room of the word in the old copy ; as Mr. Steevens , in order to extract a meaning from it , fuppofes winds to mean fallows ...
... word foil in this paffage ? He found only winds , and was forced to fubftitute foil ventilated by winds in the room of the word in the old copy ; as Mr. Steevens , in order to extract a meaning from it , fuppofes winds to mean fallows ...
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... word get connects much more naturally with the word leave than with love . The fame error [ as I have fince obferved ] has happened in Titus Andronicus , and therefore I have no longer any doubt that leave was Shakspeare's word . In ...
... word get connects much more naturally with the word leave than with love . The fame error [ as I have fince obferved ] has happened in Titus Andronicus , and therefore I have no longer any doubt that leave was Shakspeare's word . In ...
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... word is well explained by Dr. Warburton ; the race of wine is the taste of the foil . Sir T. Hanmer , not understanding the word , reads , ray . See Vol . IV . p . 41 , n . 1 . JOHNSON . I am not fure that the poet did not mean , was of ...
... word is well explained by Dr. Warburton ; the race of wine is the taste of the foil . Sir T. Hanmer , not understanding the word , reads , ray . See Vol . IV . p . 41 , n . 1 . JOHNSON . I am not fure that the poet did not mean , was of ...
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