The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... better other's happiness ; Until the heavens , envying earth's good hap , Add an immortal title to your crown ! K. RICH . We thank you both : yet one but flat- ters us , As well appeareth by the cause you come ; Namely , to appeal each ...
... better other's happiness ; Until the heavens , envying earth's good hap , Add an immortal title to your crown ! K. RICH . We thank you both : yet one but flat- ters us , As well appeareth by the cause you come ; Namely , to appeal each ...
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... better ) connect , without the inferted rhymes , except in a very few places ; and just there too , the rhyming verfes are of a much better taste than all the others , which rather ftrengthens my con- jecture . POPE . " This obfervation ...
... better ) connect , without the inferted rhymes , except in a very few places ; and just there too , the rhyming verfes are of a much better taste than all the others , which rather ftrengthens my con- jecture . POPE . " This obfervation ...
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... better if the author had written what his commentator fubftitutes ; but the rhyme , to which fenfe is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jeft , and obliges us to read it . JOHNSON . The commentators forget that to jest ...
... better if the author had written what his commentator fubftitutes ; but the rhyme , to which fenfe is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jeft , and obliges us to read it . JOHNSON . The commentators forget that to jest ...
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... better . WARBURTON . To this note , written with fuch an appearance of taste and judgment , I am afraid every reader will not fubfcribe . It is true , that peace awake is ftill peace , as well as when afleep ; but peace awakened by the ...
... better . WARBURTON . To this note , written with fuch an appearance of taste and judgment , I am afraid every reader will not fubfcribe . It is true , that peace awake is ftill peace , as well as when afleep ; but peace awakened by the ...
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... better with bonds ? Inky bolts are written restrictions . So , in The Honeft Man's Fortune , by Beaumont and Fletcher , A & IV . fc . i : " manacling itself " In gyves of parchment . " STEEVENS . rotten parchment bonds ; ] Alluding to ...
... better with bonds ? Inky bolts are written restrictions . So , in The Honeft Man's Fortune , by Beaumont and Fletcher , A & IV . fc . i : " manacling itself " In gyves of parchment . " STEEVENS . rotten parchment bonds ; ] Alluding to ...
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