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 31
... passage of Venus and Adonis , - " Leading him prifoner in a red - rofe chain , " borrowed an idea from his 83d Sonnet : " The Muses not long fince intrapping love " In chaines of roses , " & c . Watson , however , declares on this ...
... passage of Venus and Adonis , - " Leading him prifoner in a red - rofe chain , " borrowed an idea from his 83d Sonnet : " The Muses not long fince intrapping love " In chaines of roses , " & c . Watson , however , declares on this ...
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... passages that have perplexed us ; and the readings which have hitherto disunited the opinions of the learned , may continue to disunite them as long as England and Shakspeare have a name . In short , the peculiarity once afcribed to the ...
... passages that have perplexed us ; and the readings which have hitherto disunited the opinions of the learned , may continue to disunite them as long as England and Shakspeare have a name . In short , the peculiarity once afcribed to the ...
Page 39
... passages in the fol- lowing plays incur a very just fufpicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the present improved state of our dramatick ar- rangements ; for the propensity of modern perform- ers to ...
... passages in the fol- lowing plays incur a very just fufpicion of having originated from this practice , which continues even in the present improved state of our dramatick ar- rangements ; for the propensity of modern perform- ers to ...
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... passages a great majo- rity is here adopted . True it is , that on some points we fundamentally disagree ; for inftance , con- cerning his metamorphofis of monosyllables ( like burn , Sworn , worn , here and there , arms , and charms ...
... passages a great majo- rity is here adopted . True it is , that on some points we fundamentally disagree ; for inftance , con- cerning his metamorphofis of monosyllables ( like burn , Sworn , worn , here and there , arms , and charms ...
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... passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable manner that it was poffible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of ...
... passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most agreeable manner that it was poffible for a master of the English language to deliver them . Upon his leaving school , he seems to have given entirely into that way of ...
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