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Page 29
Mr . M . Mason has observed that Dr . Johnson did not do justice to his own
emendation , referring the words whose figure to Buckingham , when , in fact ,
they relate to shadow . Sir W . Blackstone had already explained the passage in
this ...
Mr . M . Mason has observed that Dr . Johnson did not do justice to his own
emendation , referring the words whose figure to Buckingham , when , in fact ,
they relate to shadow . Sir W . Blackstone had already explained the passage in
this ...
Page 66
TOLLET . Of all this probably Shakspeare knew nothing . MALONE . OL I now
seal it ; & c . ] I now seal my truth , my loyalty , with blood , which blood shall one
day make them groan . JOHNSON . Be sure , you be not loose ; ? for 66 ACT II .
TOLLET . Of all this probably Shakspeare knew nothing . MALONE . OL I now
seal it ; & c . ] I now seal my truth , my loyalty , with blood , which blood shall one
day make them groan . JOHNSON . Be sure , you be not loose ; ? for 66 ACT II .
Page 78
... to use quarrel for quarreller , as murder for the murderer , the act for the agent .
Johnson . Dr . Johnson may be right . So , in Antony and Cleopatra : 66 but that
your royalty “ Hold idleness your subject , I should take you « For Idleness itself .
... to use quarrel for quarreller , as murder for the murderer , the act for the agent .
Johnson . Dr . Johnson may be right . So , in Antony and Cleopatra : 66 but that
your royalty “ Hold idleness your subject , I should take you « For Idleness itself .
Page 219
I entirely agree in opinion with Dr . Johnson , that Ben Jonson wrote the Prologue
and Epilogue to this play . Shakspeare had , a little before , assisted him in his
Sejanus ; and Ben was too proud to receive assistance without returning it .
I entirely agree in opinion with Dr . Johnson , that Ben Jonson wrote the Prologue
and Epilogue to this play . Shakspeare had , a little before , assisted him in his
Sejanus ; and Ben was too proud to receive assistance without returning it .
Page 325
Johnson . Mr . Steevens has explained the word feaze , as Dr . Johnson does , to
mean the unţwisting or unravelling a knotted skain of šilk or thread . I recollect no
authority for this use of it . To feize is to drive away ; and the expression - I ' ll ...
Johnson . Mr . Steevens has explained the word feaze , as Dr . Johnson does , to
mean the unţwisting or unravelling a knotted skain of šilk or thread . I recollect no
authority for this use of it . To feize is to drive away ; and the expression - I ' ll ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15 The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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