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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... believe our poet wrote : And this worm - eaten hold of ragged Stone . THEObald . Theobald is certainly right . So , in The Wars of Cyrus , & c . 1594 : 66 Befieg'd his fortrefs with his men at arms , " Where only I and that Libanio stay ...
... believe our poet wrote : And this worm - eaten hold of ragged Stone . THEObald . Theobald is certainly right . So , in The Wars of Cyrus , & c . 1594 : 66 Befieg'd his fortrefs with his men at arms , " Where only I and that Libanio stay ...
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... believe That , which I would to heaven I had not feen : But thefe mine eyes faw him in bloody ftate , Rend'ring faint quittance , breath'd , wearied and out- 5 If he le fain , fay fo : ] The words fay fo are in the firft folio , but not ...
... believe That , which I would to heaven I had not feen : But thefe mine eyes faw him in bloody ftate , Rend'ring faint quittance , breath'd , wearied and out- 5 If he le fain , fay fo : ] The words fay fo are in the firft folio , but not ...
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... believe him to have seen , there having been but one edition yet discovered by me that precedes the firit folio . JOHNSON . 9 in the dole of blows- ] The dole of blows is the diftribution of blows . Dole originally fignified the portion ...
... believe him to have seen , there having been but one edition yet discovered by me that precedes the firit folio . JOHNSON . 9 in the dole of blows- ] The dole of blows is the diftribution of blows . Dole originally fignified the portion ...
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... believe an agate is used merely to exprefs any thing remark- ably little , without any allufion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . VI . p . 82 , n . 3 : 2 " If low , an agate very vilely cut . " MALONE ...
... believe an agate is used merely to exprefs any thing remark- ably little , without any allufion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . VI . p . 82 , n . 3 : 2 " If low , an agate very vilely cut . " MALONE ...
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... believe all that Shakspeare meant was , that he had more fut than wit ; that though his body was bloated by intemperance to twice its original fize , yet his wit was not increased in proportion to it . In ancient language , however ...
... believe all that Shakspeare meant was , that he had more fut than wit ; that though his body was bloated by intemperance to twice its original fize , yet his wit was not increased in proportion to it . In ancient language , however ...
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againſt alfo allufion ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt becauſe called captain 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 humour JOHNSON Juftice King Henry King Henry IV knight lord mafter majefty MALONE means merry moft moſt muft muſt obferved old copy paffage perfon Piftol PIST play pleaſe POINS Pope prefent 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 uſed WARBURTON whofe whoſe word