The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy, translated from Brumoy. General conclusion to Brumoy's Greek theatre. Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth. Adventurer. History of Rasselas, prince of AbissiniaT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... Quixote ) ents were brought bo returned from is always fome ry of folly as of 1 , though per- ing age been Olympiodo- Libanius , d having perform , was , leath , bili- ger NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . ATIONS , & c . 83.
... Quixote ) ents were brought bo returned from is always fome ry of folly as of 1 , though per- ing age been Olympiodo- Libanius , d having perform , was , leath , bili- ger NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . ATIONS , & c . 83.
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Samuel Johnson. NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always neceffary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his contem- poraries ...
Samuel Johnson. NOTE I. ACT I. SCENE I. Enter three Witches . IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer , it is always neceffary to examine the genius of his age , and the opinions of his contem- poraries ...
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... NOTE II . SCENE II . THE merciless Macdonel , —from the Western Ifles Of Kerns and Gallow - glaffes was fupply'd , And fortune on his damned quarry smiling ; Shew'd like a rebel's whore . Kerns Kerns are light - armed , and Gallow ...
... NOTE II . SCENE II . THE merciless Macdonel , —from the Western Ifles Of Kerns and Gallow - glaffes was fupply'd , And fortune on his damned quarry smiling ; Shew'd like a rebel's whore . Kerns Kerns are light - armed , and Gallow ...
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... NOTE III . IF I fay footh , I must report they were As cannons overcharged with double cracks , So they redoubled ftrokes upon the foe . Mr. Theobald has endeavoured to improve the fense of this paffage by altering the punctuation thus ...
... NOTE III . IF I fay footh , I must report they were As cannons overcharged with double cracks , So they redoubled ftrokes upon the foe . Mr. Theobald has endeavoured to improve the fense of this paffage by altering the punctuation thus ...
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... NOTE IV , King . BUT who comes here ? Mal . The worthy Thane of Roffe . Lenox . What hafte looks through his eyes ? So fhould he look , that feems to fpeak things ftrange . The meaning of this paffage as it now ftands is , fo fhould be ...
... NOTE IV , King . BUT who comes here ? Mal . The worthy Thane of Roffe . Lenox . What hafte looks through his eyes ? So fhould he look , that feems to fpeak things ftrange . The meaning of this paffage as it now ftands is , fo fhould be ...
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