A Review of Doctor Johnson's New Edition of Shakespeare: In which the Ignorance, Or Inattention, of that Editor is Exposed, and the Poet Defended from the Persecution of His CommentatorsJ. Payne, 1765 - 133 pages |
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... true , as he alfo obferves , that before * the editor's art was applied to modern languages , our an- ' ceftors were accustomed to fo much negligence of English printers , that they could very patiently endure it . ' But is it not ...
... true , as he alfo obferves , that before * the editor's art was applied to modern languages , our an- ' ceftors were accustomed to fo much negligence of English printers , that they could very patiently endure it . ' But is it not ...
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... true , or even to deferve to be true . What can Dr. Johnson mean by a dog's taking upon him to be a dog ? This , every cur that's whelp'd , is , of course ; but he that would be a dog indeed , as Launce fays ( that is , one who would be ...
... true , or even to deferve to be true . What can Dr. Johnson mean by a dog's taking upon him to be a dog ? This , every cur that's whelp'd , is , of course ; but he that would be a dog indeed , as Launce fays ( that is , one who would be ...
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... true . What dutifulness tries • to perform without ability , regardful generofity receives as hav- • ing the merit , though not the power , of complete performance . " We should therefore read , And what poor duty cannot do ' Noble ...
... true . What dutifulness tries • to perform without ability , regardful generofity receives as hav- • ing the merit , though not the power , of complete performance . " We should therefore read , And what poor duty cannot do ' Noble ...
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... true , that to owe means here , as in other parts * of Shakespeare's writings , to own , to have , to be possessed of or invefted with . The word feodary , however , is not derived from feuda , nor hath its meaning here any relation to ...
... true , that to owe means here , as in other parts * of Shakespeare's writings , to own , to have , to be possessed of or invefted with . The word feodary , however , is not derived from feuda , nor hath its meaning here any relation to ...
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... true or not , he re- marks , is certainly innocent . But though our editor is gra- ciously pleased to exculpate Shakespeare in this particular , it appears to be only that he may fall upon him with the greater violence in a page or two ...
... true or not , he re- marks , is certainly innocent . But though our editor is gra- ciously pleased to exculpate Shakespeare in this particular , it appears to be only that he may fall upon him with the greater violence in a page or two ...
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