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Page 166
... observed , that the moon , when viewed through a telescope , has a humid appearance , and feems to have drops of water fufpended from the rim of it ; to which circum- flance Shakspeare probably alludes in Macbeth , where Hecate fays ...
... observed , that the moon , when viewed through a telescope , has a humid appearance , and feems to have drops of water fufpended from the rim of it ; to which circum- flance Shakspeare probably alludes in Macbeth , where Hecate fays ...
Page 176
... observe , that the same regulation has already been adopted by Mr. Capell . REED . I perceive no difficulty . It is easy to fuppofe that the Poet and Painter , after having been feen at a diftauce by Apemantus , have wandered about the ...
... observe , that the same regulation has already been adopted by Mr. Capell . REED . I perceive no difficulty . It is easy to fuppofe that the Poet and Painter , after having been feen at a diftauce by Apemantus , have wandered about the ...
Page 193
... wholly useless on the ftage . The aukward repetition of the verb - made , very strongly countenances my present observation . STEEVENS . VOL . XVII . O Timon is dead , who hath out - ftretch'd his TIMON OF ATHENS . 193.
... wholly useless on the ftage . The aukward repetition of the verb - made , very strongly countenances my present observation . STEEVENS . VOL . XVII . O Timon is dead , who hath out - ftretch'd his TIMON OF ATHENS . 193.
Page 196
... observations are acute in the extreme , and I have not fcrupled to adopt the reading they recommend . 3 travers'd arms , ] Arms acrofs . JOHNSON . The fame image occurs in The Tempeft : " His arms in this fad knot . " STEEvens ...
... observations are acute in the extreme , and I have not fcrupled to adopt the reading they recommend . 3 travers'd arms , ] Arms acrofs . JOHNSON . The fame image occurs in The Tempeft : " His arms in this fad knot . " STEEvens ...
Page 303
... observe that speculative criticism on thefe plays will ever be liable to error , unless we add to it an intimate ac quaintance with the language and writings of the predeceffors and contemporaries of Shakspeare . If Mr. Mafon had read ...
... observe that speculative criticism on thefe plays will ever be liable to error , unless we add to it an intimate ac quaintance with the language and writings of the predeceffors and contemporaries of Shakspeare . If Mr. Mafon had read ...
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