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... Johnson once affured me , that when he wrote his Irene he had never read Othello ; but meeting with it foon afterwards , was iurprized to find he had given one of his characters a fpeech very firongly refein- bling that in which Caffio ...
... Johnson once affured me , that when he wrote his Irene he had never read Othello ; but meeting with it foon afterwards , was iurprized to find he had given one of his characters a fpeech very firongly refein- bling that in which Caffio ...
Page 265
... JOHNSON . 3 equalities . - ] So , the firft quartos ; the folio reads- qualities . JOHNSON . Either may ferve ; but of the former I find an inftance in the Flower of Friendship , 1568 : After this match made , and equalities confidered ...
... JOHNSON . 3 equalities . - ] So , the firft quartos ; the folio reads- qualities . JOHNSON . Either may ferve ; but of the former I find an inftance in the Flower of Friendship , 1568 : After this match made , and equalities confidered ...
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... JOHNSON . Give me the map there . ] So the folio . The quartos , leaving the verfe defective , read - The map there . STEEVENS . 5 and ' tis our fast intent - Fast is the reading of the first folio , and , I think , the true reading .
... JOHNSON . Give me the map there . ] So the folio . The quartos , leaving the verfe defective , read - The map there . STEEVENS . 5 and ' tis our fast intent - Fast is the reading of the first folio , and , I think , the true reading .
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... JOHNSON . Thus Rowe , in his Fair Penitent , fc . i : 2 66 I can only " Swear you reign here , but never tell how much . " STEFVENS . de ? ] So the quarto ; the folio has peak . JOHNSON , 8 With fhadowy forefts and with champains rich'd ...
... JOHNSON . Thus Rowe , in his Fair Penitent , fc . i : 2 66 I can only " Swear you reign here , but never tell how much . " STEFVENS . de ? ] So the quarto ; the folio has peak . JOHNSON , 8 With fhadowy forefts and with champains rich'd ...
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... JOHNSON . 1 The true meaning is this : My fifter has equally expreffed my fentiments , only the comes fhort of me in this , that I profefs myfelf an enemy to all joys but you . " — That I profess , meaus , is that I profefs . M. MASON ...
... JOHNSON . 1 The true meaning is this : My fifter has equally expreffed my fentiments , only the comes fhort of me in this , that I profefs myfelf an enemy to all joys but you . " — That I profess , meaus , is that I profefs . M. MASON ...
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