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 juftifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parison , might ...
... fometimes willing to " bring a corollary , rather than want a spirit . " Nor , to confefs the truth , did we always think it juftifiable to shrink our predecef- fors to pigmies , that we ourselves , by force of com- parison , 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 , notwithstanding 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 , notwithstanding their choice of readings might have been influenced by affociates ...
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... fometimes jufily blamed for wanton and needless 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 fanction , and few champions ...
... fometimes jufily blamed for wanton and needless 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 fanction , and few champions ...
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... fometimes taken , though not ( as it is hoped ) without conftant notice of it to the reader . Enough of this , however , has been already attempted , to show that more on the fame plan might be done with fafety . So far from ...
... fometimes taken , though not ( as it is hoped ) without conftant notice of it to the reader . Enough of this , however , has been already attempted , to show that more on the fame plan might be done with fafety . So far from ...
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... fometimes im- perfectly deciphered , and sometimes wholly mifun- 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 sometimes wholly mifun- 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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