A Review of Doctor Johnson's New Edition of Shakespeare: In which the Ignorance, Or Inattention, of that Editor is Exposed, and the Poet Defended from the Persecution of His CommentatorsJ. Payne, 1765 - 133 pages |
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... remarks , to caft Το a blemish on his [ Dr. Johnson's ] envied fame ; but " to do a piece of juftice to the real merit of the " comment and the commentator ; by that beft and " gentleft method of correction , which nature has « ordained ...
... remarks , to caft Το a blemish on his [ Dr. Johnson's ] envied fame ; but " to do a piece of juftice to the real merit of the " comment and the commentator ; by that beft and " gentleft method of correction , which nature has « ordained ...
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... remarks on the most glaring blunders and defects that occur in this new edition ; of which fuch wonderful things were promised and expected ; and to which , having feen the prophecy fulfilled , we may apply , with as much justice as ...
... remarks on the most glaring blunders and defects that occur in this new edition ; of which fuch wonderful things were promised and expected ; and to which , having feen the prophecy fulfilled , we may apply , with as much justice as ...
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... remark , that in the fong of Winter , the owl is reprefented as finging a merry note ; whereas , in the other paffages , she is faid to cry , to be clamo- rous : which it might with great propriety be faid to do in fummer , when her ...
... remark , that in the fong of Winter , the owl is reprefented as finging a merry note ; whereas , in the other paffages , she is faid to cry , to be clamo- rous : which it might with great propriety be faid to do in fummer , when her ...
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... remarks of equal importance , however , which he thinks proper to make on this play , his critical acumen hath difcovered a corruption of the text , in Launce's conversation with his dog . Scene VI . A & IV . LAUNCE.O , ' tis a foul ...
... remarks of equal importance , however , which he thinks proper to make on this play , his critical acumen hath difcovered a corruption of the text , in Launce's conversation with his dog . Scene VI . A & IV . LAUNCE.O , ' tis a foul ...
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... remarks . I believe we fhould read I would have , & c . one that takes upon him to be a dog , to be a dog indeed , to be , & c . ' Is not this a curious and important emendation ? It is , how- ever , not quite ingenious enough to be ...
... remarks . I believe we fhould read I would have , & c . one that takes upon him to be a dog , to be a dog indeed , to be , & c . ' Is not this a curious and important emendation ? It is , how- ever , not quite ingenious enough to be ...
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Page 72 - These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 13 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 99 - ... of the old reading; then by proposing something, which to superficial readers would seem specious, but which the editor rejects with...
Page i - A Review of Dr. Johnson's new edition of Shakespeare; in which the Ignorance or Inattention of that Editor is exposed, and the Poet defended from the Persecution of his Commentators,
Page 99 - I could have written longer notes, for the art of writing notes is not of difficult attainment. The work is performed, first by railing at the stupidity...
Page 112 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air : So frown'd the mighty combatants, that hell Grew darker at their frown...
Page 57 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not fo unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not fo keen, Becaufe thou art not feen, Altho
Page xv - I have indeed disappointed no opinion more than my own; yet I have endeavoured to perform my task with no slight solicitude. Not a single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt, which I have not attempted to restore; or obscure, which I have not endeavoured to illustrate.
Page 43 - FOR SEEMLY BEHAVIOUR. First come, first serve.— Then come not late •, And, when arrived, keep your state ; For he, who from these rules shall swerve, Must pay the forfeits.— So, observe.
Page 108 - ... to any end. It is said of a woman, who accepts a worse match than those which she had refused, that ' she has passed through the wood, and at last taken a crooked stick.