The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 36
... fuch as had fallen into decay . The poet , there- fore , whose dialogue has often , during a long and uninterrupted feries of lines , no other peculiarities than were common to the works of his most cele- brated contemporaries , and ...
... fuch as had fallen into decay . The poet , there- fore , whose dialogue has often , during a long and uninterrupted feries of lines , no other peculiarities than were common to the works of his most cele- brated contemporaries , and ...
Page 38
... fuch as might fortuitoufly have been omitted , notwithstanding the declaration of Hemings and Condell , whose fraudulent preface afferts that they have published our author's plays " as absolute in their numbers as he conceived them ...
... fuch as might fortuitoufly have been omitted , notwithstanding the declaration of Hemings and Condell , whose fraudulent preface afferts that they have published our author's plays " as absolute in their numbers as he conceived them ...
Page 39
... fuch a fon , " And fuch a husband , drive me to my fate . " Here we perceive that Fate , the old post - horse of tragedy , has been saddled to expedite intelligence which was meant to be delayed till the neceffary mo- ment of its ...
... fuch a fon , " And fuch a husband , drive me to my fate . " Here we perceive that Fate , the old post - horse of tragedy , has been saddled to expedite intelligence which was meant to be delayed till the neceffary mo- ment of its ...
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... fuch an event to be deprecated even by ourselves ; fince we may be certain that some ivy of each indi- vidual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak , though not enough , as at present , to " hide the princely trunk , and fuck the ...
... fuch an event to be deprecated even by ourselves ; fince we may be certain that some ivy of each indi- vidual's growth will still adhere to the parent oak , though not enough , as at present , to " hide the princely trunk , and fuck the ...
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... fuch intelligent combinations from very few materials , had fortu- nately been poffeffed of more . Of his notes on particular passages a great majo- rity is here adopted . True it is , that on some points we fundamentally disagree ; for ...
... fuch intelligent combinations from very few materials , had fortu- nately been poffeffed of more . Of his notes on particular passages a great majo- rity is here adopted . True it is , that on some points we fundamentally disagree ; for ...
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