The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... appears no where to more advantage . The fubject was too delicate to be ex- hibited on the ftage without a veil ; and it was too recent , and touched the queen too nearly , for the bard to have ventured fo home an allufion on any other ...
... appears no where to more advantage . The fubject was too delicate to be ex- hibited on the ftage without a veil ; and it was too recent , and touched the queen too nearly , for the bard to have ventured fo home an allufion on any other ...
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... appears , that the editors did not take the poet's conceit . They imagined that , But to th ' goal , meant , but to come to the purpose ; but the fenfe is different , and plain enough when the line is pointed thus : ere With Spur we ...
... appears , that the editors did not take the poet's conceit . They imagined that , But to th ' goal , meant , but to come to the purpose ; but the fenfe is different , and plain enough when the line is pointed thus : ere With Spur we ...
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... appears fo decifive as to the true explanation of this paffage , that it leaves no doubt with me even after I have read the following note . The phrafe undoubt edly fometimes means what Mr. Malone afferts , but not here . REED . This ...
... appears fo decifive as to the true explanation of this paffage , that it leaves no doubt with me even after I have read the following note . The phrafe undoubt edly fometimes means what Mr. Malone afferts , but not here . REED . This ...
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... appears to me little better than nonfenfe ; nor have either Malone or Johnson explained it into fenfe . I think therefore that Theobald's amendment is neceffary and well imagined . M. MASON . Perhaps the conftruction is- " Over - fwear ...
... appears to me little better than nonfenfe ; nor have either Malone or Johnson explained it into fenfe . I think therefore that Theobald's amendment is neceffary and well imagined . M. MASON . Perhaps the conftruction is- " Over - fwear ...
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... appear a friend to Leontes , in comforting his evils , i . e , in ftrengthening his jealoufy by appearing to acquiefce in it . STEEVENS Comfort is , I apprehend , here used as a verb . Good expedition befriend me , by removing me from a ...
... appear a friend to Leontes , in comforting his evils , i . e , in ftrengthening his jealoufy by appearing to acquiefce in it . STEEVENS Comfort is , I apprehend , here used as a verb . Good expedition befriend me , by removing me from a ...
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