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Page 38
Thus Mr . Malone , and perhaps rightly ; for the next speech is given in the old
copy ( as it ftands in the present text ) to Lewis the dauphin , who was afterwards
Lewis VIII . The speech itself , however , seems sufficiently appropriated to the
King ...
Thus Mr . Malone , and perhaps rightly ; for the next speech is given in the old
copy ( as it ftands in the present text ) to Lewis the dauphin , who was afterwards
Lewis VIII . The speech itself , however , seems sufficiently appropriated to the
King ...
Page 58
This suits well with the spirit of the speech . Stay and flaw , in a careless hand are
not easily diftinguished ; and if the writing was obscure , flaw being a word less
usual , was easily missed . Johnson . Shakspeare seems to have taken the hint ...
This suits well with the spirit of the speech . Stay and flaw , in a careless hand are
not easily diftinguished ; and if the writing was obscure , flaw being a word less
usual , was easily missed . Johnson . Shakspeare seems to have taken the hint ...
Page 309
It does not appear from any better authority than Holinshed that Bishop Merkes
made this famous speech , or any speech at all upon this occasion , or even that
he was prefent at the time . His sentiments , however , whether right or wrong ...
It does not appear from any better authority than Holinshed that Bishop Merkes
made this famous speech , or any speech at all upon this occasion , or even that
he was prefent at the time . His sentiments , however , whether right or wrong ...
Page 387
This speech is very artfully introduced to keep the prince from appearing vile in
the opinion of the audience ; it prepares them for his future reformation ; and ,
what is yet more valuable , exbibits a natural picture of a great mind offering
excuses ...
This speech is very artfully introduced to keep the prince from appearing vile in
the opinion of the audience ; it prepares them for his future reformation ; and ,
what is yet more valuable , exbibits a natural picture of a great mind offering
excuses ...
Page 459
Fal . Do so , for it is worth the listening to . These nine in buckram , that I told thee
of , P . Hen . So , two more already . m a 3 In buckram , ] I believe these words
belong to the Prince ' s speech : “ there were but four even now , - - in buckram .
Fal . Do so , for it is worth the listening to . These nine in buckram , that I told thee
of , P . Hen . So , two more already . m a 3 In buckram , ] I believe these words
belong to the Prince ' s speech : “ there were but four even now , - - in buckram .
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| Title | King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 Volume 8 of The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributors | Thomas Longman, E. and S. Harding |
| Publisher | T. Longman ... [and 31 others], 1793 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Jan 2008 |
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