The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 39
... fairies ; " and the paffage to which Mr. Steevens alludes , proves , I think , that urchins here fignifies beings of the fairy kind : " His fpirits hear me , " And yet I needs muft curfe ; but they'll nor pinch , 66 Fright me with ...
... fairies ; " and the paffage to which Mr. Steevens alludes , proves , I think , that urchins here fignifies beings of the fairy kind : " His fpirits hear me , " And yet I needs muft curfe ; but they'll nor pinch , 66 Fright me with ...
Page 45
... fairy kind , an order of beings to which tradition has always afcribed a fort of diminutive agency , powerful but ludicrous , a humorous and frolick control- ment of nature , well expreffed by the fongs of Ariel . JOHNSON . The fongs in ...
... fairy kind , an order of beings to which tradition has always afcribed a fort of diminutive agency , powerful but ludicrous , a humorous and frolick control- ment of nature , well expreffed by the fongs of Ariel . JOHNSON . The fongs in ...
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... Fairy Queen , between Timias and Belphabe : " Angel or goddess ! do I call thee right ? " There - at the blushing , faid , ah ! gentle fquire , " Nor goddess I , nor angel , but the maid " And daughter of a woody nymph , " & c . FARMER ...
... Fairy Queen , between Timias and Belphabe : " Angel or goddess ! do I call thee right ? " There - at the blushing , faid , ah ! gentle fquire , " Nor goddess I , nor angel , but the maid " And daughter of a woody nymph , " & c . FARMER ...
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... Fairy Queen , fays : " A gentle knight was pricking on the plain , " which knight , far from being tame and fearful , was so ftout that Nothing did he dread , but ever was ydrad . " Smollett's Humphrey Clinker , Vol . II . p . 182 ...
... Fairy Queen , fays : " A gentle knight was pricking on the plain , " which knight , far from being tame and fearful , was so ftout that Nothing did he dread , but ever was ydrad . " Smollett's Humphrey Clinker , Vol . II . p . 182 ...
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... and pronunciation of the time . So , in Spenfer's Fairy Queen , B. VI . c . 8 , ft . 35 : " There dwelt a falvage nation , " & c . REED . legs ; who hath got , as I take it G3 TEMPEST . 85 Enter STEPHANO, finging; a bottle in his hand...
... and pronunciation of the time . So , in Spenfer's Fairy Queen , B. VI . c . 8 , ft . 35 : " There dwelt a falvage nation , " & c . REED . legs ; who hath got , as I take it G3 TEMPEST . 85 Enter STEPHANO, finging; a bottle in his hand...
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