The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 10J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 22
... Theobald has endeavoured to improve the sense of this passage , by altering the punctuation thus : they were As cannons overcharg'd ; with double cracks So they redoubled Strokes- He declares , with fome degree of exultation , that he ...
... Theobald has endeavoured to improve the sense of this passage , by altering the punctuation thus : they were As cannons overcharg'd ; with double cracks So they redoubled Strokes- He declares , with fome degree of exultation , that he ...
Page 34
... THEOBALD . Mr. Theobald has very justly explained forbid by accursed , but without giving any reason of his interpretation . To bid is originally to pray , as in this Saxon fragment : He is pır bir y bore , & c . He is wife that prays ...
... THEOBALD . Mr. Theobald has very justly explained forbid by accursed , but without giving any reason of his interpretation . To bid is originally to pray , as in this Saxon fragment : He is pır bir y bore , & c . He is wife that prays ...
Page 37
... Theobald . The following passage in Bellenden's tranflation of Hector Boethius , fully supports the emendation : " Be aventure Makbeth and Banquho were paffand to Fores , quhair kyng Duncane hapnit to be for ye tyme , and met be ye gait ...
... Theobald . The following passage in Bellenden's tranflation of Hector Boethius , fully supports the emendation : " Be aventure Makbeth and Banquho were paffand to Fores , quhair kyng Duncane hapnit to be for ye tyme , and met be ye gait ...
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... THEOBALD . The infane root is the root The old copies read " on the infane root . " REED . Shakspeare alludes to the qualities anciently afcribed to hem- lock . So , in Greene's Never too late , 1616 : " You gaz'd against the fun , and ...
... THEOBALD . The infane root is the root The old copies read " on the infane root . " REED . Shakspeare alludes to the qualities anciently afcribed to hem- lock . So , in Greene's Never too late , 1616 : " You gaz'd against the fun , and ...
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... Theobald's emendation , un- doubtedly right . The old edition has fchool , and Dr. Warburton Shelve . JOHNSON . By the Shoal of time , our author means the shallow ford of life , between us and the abyss of eternity . STEEVENS . I We'd ...
... Theobald's emendation , un- doubtedly right . The old edition has fchool , and Dr. Warburton Shelve . JOHNSON . By the Shoal of time , our author means the shallow ford of life , between us and the abyss of eternity . STEEVENS . I We'd ...
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