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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... fcene does not clearly and naturally discover . The only end of fuch prologues is to inform the audience of fome facts previous to the action , of which they can have no knowledge from the perfons of the drama . JOHNSON . 3 Rumour ...
... fcene does not clearly and naturally discover . The only end of fuch prologues is to inform the audience of fome facts previous to the action , of which they can have no knowledge from the perfons of the drama . JOHNSON . 3 Rumour ...
Page 19
... fcene , in the first folio , we have " able heels , " inftead of " armed heels , " in confequence of the word able having occurred in the preceding line . So , in Hamlet : " Thy news fhall be the news , " & c . inftead of " Thy news ...
... fcene , in the first folio , we have " able heels , " inftead of " armed heels , " in confequence of the word able having occurred in the preceding line . So , in Hamlet : " Thy news fhall be the news , " & c . inftead of " Thy news ...
Page 20
... fcene as abfent . It was on this ground probably rejected by the player - editors . It is now , on the fuggeftion of Mr. Steevens , attributed to Travers , who is prefent , and yet ( as that gentleman has remarked ) “ is made to fay ...
... fcene as abfent . It was on this ground probably rejected by the player - editors . It is now , on the fuggeftion of Mr. Steevens , attributed to Travers , who is prefent , and yet ( as that gentleman has remarked ) “ is made to fay ...
Page 107
... fcene is fcarcely balanced by the humour . JOHNSON . 6 -Poins his brother ? ] i . e . Poins's brother , or brother to Poins ; a vulgar corruption of the genitive cafe . RITSON . 7 if you take not the heat . ] Alluding , I fuppofe , to ...
... fcene is fcarcely balanced by the humour . JOHNSON . 6 -Poins his brother ? ] i . e . Poins's brother , or brother to Poins ; a vulgar corruption of the genitive cafe . RITSON . 7 if you take not the heat . ] Alluding , I fuppofe , to ...
Page 112
... fcene is not in my copy of the first edition . JOHNSON . There are two copies of the fame date , and in one of these the scene has been added . They are in all other respects , alike . It should seem as if the defect in this quarto was ...
... fcene is not in my copy of the first edition . JOHNSON . There are two copies of the fame date , and in one of these the scene has been added . They are in all other respects , alike . It should seem as if the defect in this quarto was ...
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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