The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... edition in quarto of 1600 , explains a paffage in what follows , otherwife obfcure . PoPE . the drooping weft , ] A paffage in Macbeth will beft explain the force of this epithet : " Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , " And ...
... edition in quarto of 1600 , explains a paffage in what follows , otherwife obfcure . PoPE . the drooping weft , ] A paffage in Macbeth will beft explain the force of this epithet : " Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , " And ...
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... editions than I believe him to have seen , there having been but one edition yet discovered by me that precedes the first folio . JOHNSON . 9 in the dole of blows - ] The dole of blows is the diftribution of blows . Dole originally ...
... editions than I believe him to have seen , there having been but one edition yet discovered by me that precedes the first folio . JOHNSON . 9 in the dole of blows - ] The dole of blows is the diftribution of blows . Dole originally ...
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... edition . JOHNSON . This and the following twenty lines are not found in the quarto , 1600 , either from fome inadvertence of the tranfcriber or compofitor , or from the printer not having been able to pro- cure a perfect copy . They ...
... edition . JOHNSON . This and the following twenty lines are not found in the quarto , 1600 , either from fome inadvertence of the tranfcriber or compofitor , or from the printer not having been able to pro- cure a perfect copy . They ...
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... edition , printed in 1609 , this fpeech ftands thus : Old . Very well , my lord , very well : I had not observed this , when I wrote my note to The First Part of Henry IV . concerning the tradition of Falstaff's character having been ...
... edition , printed in 1609 , this fpeech ftands thus : Old . Very well , my lord , very well : I had not observed this , when I wrote my note to The First Part of Henry IV . concerning the tradition of Falstaff's character having been ...
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... editions , when compared with the publication of the players . STEEVENS . you are too impatient to bear croffes . ] I believe a quibble was here intended . Falstaff had just asked his lordship to lend him a thousand pound , and he tells ...
... editions , when compared with the publication of the players . STEEVENS . you are too impatient to bear croffes . ] I believe a quibble was here intended . Falstaff had just asked his lordship to lend him a thousand pound , and he tells ...
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againſt alfo allufion ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt becauſe called captain cauſe coufin defire doth Duke Earl edition English Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame fays fcene fecond feems fenfe fent ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince fir John firft firſt Fluellen foldier folio following paffage fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fword Harfleur hath Henry VI himſelf Holinfhed honour humour JOHNSON Juftice King Henry King Henry IV knight laft lord mafter majeſty MALONE means merry moft moſt muft muſt obferved occafion old copy paffage perfon Piftol PIST play pleaſe POINS Pope prefent prince purpoſe quarto reafon Richard II ſays ſcene ſenſe Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Oldcastle ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe THEOBALD theſe thofe thoſe thou ufed unto uſed WARBURTON whofe whoſe word