The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page v
... fome parts of two late works of Mr. George Chalmers . An application was therefore made to that gentleman for his consent , which was imme- diately granted ; and to render the favour more acceptable , permiffion was given to divest the ...
... fome parts of two late works of Mr. George Chalmers . An application was therefore made to that gentleman for his consent , which was imme- diately granted ; and to render the favour more acceptable , permiffion was given to divest the ...
Page 3
... fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been sup- plied . To these improvements it is now become our duty to add the genuine Portrait of our author . For a particular account of the difcovery of it , we must ...
... fome explanations , & c . which feemed to be wanting , have likewise been sup- plied . To these improvements it is now become our duty to add the genuine Portrait of our author . For a particular account of the difcovery of it , we must ...
Page 18
... fome other performances by Droeshout will furnish no exception to this remark . Such defective imitations , however , even at this period , are sufficiently common . Several prints from well - known portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and ...
... fome other performances by Droeshout will furnish no exception to this remark . Such defective imitations , however , even at this period , are sufficiently common . Several prints from well - known portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and ...
Page 24
... fome other accident , has become little better than the " shadow of a shade . " 5 The late Sir Joshua Reynolds indeed once suggested , that what- ever person it was designed for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished ...
... fome other accident , has become little better than the " shadow of a shade . " 5 The late Sir Joshua Reynolds indeed once suggested , that what- ever person it was designed for , it might have been left , as it now appears , unfinished ...
Page 33
... fome degree as experimental ; for their cor- ruptions and obfcurities are still so numerous , and the progress of fortunate conjecture so tardy and uncertain , that our remote descendants may be per- plexed by passages that have ...
... fome degree as experimental ; for their cor- ruptions and obfcurities are still so numerous , and the progress of fortunate conjecture so tardy and uncertain , that our remote descendants may be per- plexed by passages that have ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
almoſt alſo ancient appears baptized becauſe beſt buried cauſe cenſure circumſtance Clopton comedy confideration copies criticks daughter deceaſe deſign diſcovered dramatick edition editor Elizabeth Engliſh engraved Eſq faid fame fatire fince firſt fome fuch Hamlet Hart hath Henry himſelf hiſtory houſe inſtance inſtead iſſue John Barnard Jonſon juſt juſtly King laſt leaſt leſs MALONE married moſt muſt Naſh neceſſary obfcure obſerved occafion paſſages perſon players plays pleaſed pleaſure poet poet's Pope portrait praiſe preſent preſerved printed publick publiſhed quarto reader reaſon Regiſter reſemblance reſpect reſt Romeo and Juliet ſaid ſame ſays ſcenes ſecond folio ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral Shak Shakſpeare Shakſpeare's ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſhow ſmall ſome ſometimes ſon ſpeak ſpeare ſtage ſtand ſtate STEEVENS ſtill ſtory Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſupplied ſupport ſuppoſe theſe Thomas Thomas Quiney thoſe tion Titus Andronicus tragedy unto uſe verſes Welcombe whoſe William William Shakespeare writings