The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 34
... Old- caftle in these plays . The letters prefixed to this speech crept into the firft quarto copy , I have no doubt , merely from Old- caftle being , behind the fcenes , the familiar theatrical appellation of Falstaff , who was his ...
... Old- caftle in these plays . The letters prefixed to this speech crept into the firft quarto copy , I have no doubt , merely from Old- caftle being , behind the fcenes , the familiar theatrical appellation of Falstaff , who was his ...
Page 45
... copy reads : I believe the old reading is the true one , and that a line is loft ; but have adopted Dr. Johnson's emendation , because it makes fenfe . The punctuation now introduced appears to me preferable to that of the old edition ...
... copy reads : I believe the old reading is the true one , and that a line is loft ; but have adopted Dr. Johnson's emendation , because it makes fenfe . The punctuation now introduced appears to me preferable to that of the old edition ...
Page 50
... Old copy - long one . STEEVENS . A long one ? a long what ? It is almoft needlefs to obferve , how familiar it is with our poet to play the chimes upon words fimilar in found , and differing in fignification ; and therefore I make no ...
... Old copy - long one . STEEVENS . A long one ? a long what ? It is almoft needlefs to obferve , how familiar it is with our poet to play the chimes upon words fimilar in found , and differing in fignification ; and therefore I make no ...
Page 67
... Old copy- -a borrowed cap . STEEVENS . But how is a borrowed cap fo ready ? Read , a borrower's cap , and then there is fome humour in it : for a man that goes to borrow money , is of all others the moft complaisant ; his cap is always ...
... Old copy- -a borrowed cap . STEEVENS . But how is a borrowed cap fo ready ? Read , a borrower's cap , and then there is fome humour in it : for a man that goes to borrow money , is of all others the moft complaisant ; his cap is always ...
Page 68
... old copy reads Romans , which Dr. Warburton very properly cor- rected , though he is wrong when he appropriates the character to M. Brutus , who affected great brevity of ftyle . I suppose by the honourable Roman is intended Julius ...
... old copy reads Romans , which Dr. Warburton very properly cor- rected , though he is wrong when he appropriates the character to M. Brutus , who affected great brevity of ftyle . I suppose by the honourable Roman is intended Julius ...
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againſt alfo allufion ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt becauſe called cauſe coufin defire doth Duke Earl edition Engliſh Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame fays fcene fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince fir John firft firſt Fluellen foldier folio following paffage fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fword Harfleur hath Henry VI himſelf Holinfhed honour horſe JOHNSON Juftice King Henry King Henry IV knight laft lord mafter majefty MALONE means merry moft moſt muft muſt Northumberland obferved old copy paffage perfon Piftol PIST play pleaſe POINS Pope preſent prifoners prince purpoſe quarto reaſon Richard II ſay ſcene ſeems ſenſe Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Oldcastle ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe themſelves THEOBALD theſe thoſe thou thouſand ufed uſed WARBURTON whofe whoſe word