The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... sense may be given to these obscure lines . " I am but the fhadow of poor Buckingham : and even the figure or outline of this fhadow begins now to fade away , being extin- guished by this impending cloud , which darkens ( or interpofes ...
... sense may be given to these obscure lines . " I am but the fhadow of poor Buckingham : and even the figure or outline of this fhadow begins now to fade away , being extin- guished by this impending cloud , which darkens ( or interpofes ...
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... sense of the word are given in a note on Romeo and Juliet , A & t I. fc . iii . STEEVENS . To cope- ] To engage with , to encounter . ftill ufed in fome counties . JOHNSON . 7 So , in As you like it : The word is I love to cope him in ...
... sense of the word are given in a note on Romeo and Juliet , A & t I. fc . iii . STEEVENS . To cope- ] To engage with , to encounter . ftill ufed in fome counties . JOHNSON . 7 So , in As you like it : The word is I love to cope him in ...
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... sense from the one here given , will appear in the following inftance from Dray- ton's Shepherd's Garland : 66 even fo it fareth now with thee , " And with thefe wifards of thy myfterie . " The context of which fhows , that by wifards ...
... sense from the one here given , will appear in the following inftance from Dray- ton's Shepherd's Garland : 66 even fo it fareth now with thee , " And with thefe wifards of thy myfterie . " The context of which fhows , that by wifards ...
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... Defir'd it to be fiirr'd ; ] The useless words - to be , might , in my opinion , be fafely omitted , as they clog the metre , with- out enforcement of the sense . STEEVENS . The paffages made toward it : -on my honour , 98 KING HENRY VIII .
... Defir'd it to be fiirr'd ; ] The useless words - to be , might , in my opinion , be fafely omitted , as they clog the metre , with- out enforcement of the sense . STEEVENS . The paffages made toward it : -on my honour , 98 KING HENRY VIII .
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... sense from the paffage as it ftands . Perhaps it fhould be read thus : we are all men , In our own natures frail and culpable : Of our flesh , few are angels . That is , few are perfect . M. MASON . The whole realm , by your teaching ...
... sense from the paffage as it ftands . Perhaps it fhould be read thus : we are all men , In our own natures frail and culpable : Of our flesh , few are angels . That is , few are perfect . M. MASON . The whole realm , by your teaching ...
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Achilles Æneas againſt AGAM Agamemnon Ajax alfo Antony and Cleopatra becauſe buſineſs Calchas cardinal Creffida CRES Diomed doth Duke eringoes Exeunt expreffion faid fame fays feems fenfe fhall fhould fhow firft firſt folio fome fpeak ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fweet fword GENT Grecian Greeks Hanmer hath heaven HECT Hector Helen highneſs himſelf Holinfhed honour inftance itſelf JOHNSON KATH King Henry King Richard III king's lady lord Lord Chamberlain MALONE means meaſure Menelaus moft moſt muft muſt Neftor Neoptolemus noble obferves old copy paffage Pandarus Patroclus perfon play pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent Priam prince purpoſe quarto queen reafon ſay ſeems Shakspeare ſhall ſhe Sir Thomas Hanmer ſpeak ſpeech STEEVENS thee thefe THEOBALD THER Therfites theſe thofe thoſe thou Troilus Trojan Troy Ulyffes ULYSS underſtand uſed WARBURTON whofe Wolfey word