The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... seem to have been taken from the story of The Lovers of Pisa , in an old piece , called Tarleton's Newes out of Purgatorie . Mr. Capell pre- tended to much knowledge of this fort ; and I am forry that it proved to be only pretenfion ...
... seem to have been taken from the story of The Lovers of Pisa , in an old piece , called Tarleton's Newes out of Purgatorie . Mr. Capell pre- tended to much knowledge of this fort ; and I am forry that it proved to be only pretenfion ...
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... seems to have been a title formerly appropriated to fuch of the inferior clergy as were only Readers of the fervice , and not admitted to be preachers , and therefore were held in the lowest eftimation ; as appears from a remarkable ...
... seems to have been a title formerly appropriated to fuch of the inferior clergy as were only Readers of the fervice , and not admitted to be preachers , and therefore were held in the lowest eftimation ; as appears from a remarkable ...
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... seems to frolick here in his heraldry , with a design not to be easily understood . In Leland's Collectanea , Vol . I. P. II . p . 615 , the arms of Geffrey de Lucy are " de goules poudre a croifil dor a treis luz dor . " Can the poet ...
... seems to frolick here in his heraldry , with a design not to be easily understood . In Leland's Collectanea , Vol . I. P. II . p . 615 , the arms of Geffrey de Lucy are " de goules poudre a croifil dor a treis luz dor . " Can the poet ...
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... seems inexplicable . Dr. Far- mer's regulation appears to me highly probable ; and in further fupport of it , it may be observed , that fome other speeches , heside those he has mentioned , are misplaced in a subsequent part of this ...
... seems inexplicable . Dr. Far- mer's regulation appears to me highly probable ; and in further fupport of it , it may be observed , that fome other speeches , heside those he has mentioned , are misplaced in a subsequent part of this ...
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... seems to be , that poor Slender should characterise his mistress by a general quality belonging to her whole sex . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Quince tells Flute , who objects to playing a woman's part , " You shall play it in a mask ...
... seems to be , that poor Slender should characterise his mistress by a general quality belonging to her whole sex . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Quince tells Flute , who objects to playing a woman's part , " You shall play it in a mask ...
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