The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 16J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... WARBURTON . It is plain that , in our author's time , we had the proverb , as lean as a rake . Of this proverb the original is obfcure . Rake now fignifies a diffolute man , a man worn out with disease and debanchery . But the ...
... WARBURTON . It is plain that , in our author's time , we had the proverb , as lean as a rake . Of this proverb the original is obfcure . Rake now fignifies a diffolute man , a man worn out with disease and debanchery . But the ...
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... WARBURton . 6 They are not fuch as you . ] I fuppofe we should read - They are not as you . So , in St. Luke , xviii . 11 : " God , I thank thee , I am not as this publican . " The pronoun - fuch , only disorders the measure . STEEVENS ...
... WARBURton . 6 They are not fuch as you . ] I fuppofe we should read - They are not as you . So , in St. Luke , xviii . 11 : " God , I thank thee , I am not as this publican . " The pronoun - fuch , only disorders the measure . STEEVENS ...
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... WARBURTON . I am by no means convinced that Dr. Warburton's punctuation , or explanation , is right . The fsense may be , that the present wars annihilate his gentler qualities . To eat up , and confe- quently to devour , has this ...
... WARBURTON . I am by no means convinced that Dr. Warburton's punctuation , or explanation , is right . The fsense may be , that the present wars annihilate his gentler qualities . To eat up , and confe- quently to devour , has this ...
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... WARBURTON . 7fwords advanc'd , ] That is , fwords lifted high . 8 if any fear JOHNSON . Leffer his perfon than an ill report ; ] The old copy has leffen . If the prefent reading , which was introduced by Mr. Steevens , be right , his ...
... WARBURTON . 7fwords advanc'd , ] That is , fwords lifted high . 8 if any fear JOHNSON . Leffer his perfon than an ill report ; ] The old copy has leffen . If the prefent reading , which was introduced by Mr. Steevens , be right , his ...
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... Warburton ; and the latter not fo happily , I think , as he often conjectures . In the latter part , which only I ... Warburton's proposed emendation : " Si non erraffet , fecerat ille minus . " STEEVENS . Bullokar , in his English ...
... Warburton ; and the latter not fo happily , I think , as he often conjectures . In the latter part , which only I ... Warburton's proposed emendation : " Si non erraffet , fecerat ille minus . " STEEVENS . Bullokar , in his English ...
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