The Works of Shakespeare ..., Volume 25Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1901 |
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... Johnson thought the word meant a district of villages , but it seems rather to mean a number of " villagers . Hence the " maidens of the villagery ' simply means peasant maids , or , as John- son himself calls them , country - girls ...
... Johnson thought the word meant a district of villages , but it seems rather to mean a number of " villagers . Hence the " maidens of the villagery ' simply means peasant maids , or , as John- son himself calls them , country - girls ...
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... Johnson ; Near this lack - love , this kill - courtesy FI ; Near to this lack - love , this kill - courtesie Pope ... Johnson , is the only tolerable reading . The editors almost universally appear to take " lack - love " as a ...
... Johnson ; Near this lack - love , this kill - courtesy FI ; Near to this lack - love , this kill - courtesie Pope ... Johnson , is the only tolerable reading . The editors almost universally appear to take " lack - love " as a ...
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... Johnson . 157. trim ] Cf. for a similar ironical use , 1 Henry IV . v . i . 137 , " What is that honour ? Air . A ... Johnson's emendation of " with " for " to , " which is adopted by nearly all editors , is hardly necessary . Wright ...
... Johnson . 157. trim ] Cf. for a similar ironical use , 1 Henry IV . v . i . 137 , " What is that honour ? Air . A ... Johnson's emendation of " with " for " to , " which is adopted by nearly all editors , is hardly necessary . Wright ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | ix |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAM I | xix |
MR P A DANIEL ON THE DURATION | 161 |
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