The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 6Rwington, 1821 |
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... JOHNSON . I suspect no loss of connecting lines . An expression somewhat similar occurs in Timon , Act IV . Sc . II ... Johnson's conjecture is , I think , unfounded ; the simile re- lates solely to Romeo's concealing the cause of his ...
... JOHNSON . I suspect no loss of connecting lines . An expression somewhat similar occurs in Timon , Act IV . Sc . II ... Johnson's conjecture is , I think , unfounded ; the simile re- lates solely to Romeo's concealing the cause of his ...
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... JOHNSON . It is not unusual for those who are blinded by love to overlook every difficulty that opposes their pursuit . NICHOLS . What Romeo seems to lament is , that love , though blind , should discover pathways to his will , and yet ...
... JOHNSON . It is not unusual for those who are blinded by love to overlook every difficulty that opposes their pursuit . NICHOLS . What Romeo seems to lament is , that love , though blind , should discover pathways to his will , and yet ...
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... Johnson attended to the letter of invitation in the next scene , he would have found that Rosaline was niece to Capulet . ANONYMOUS . Every sonnetteer characterises Love by contrarieties . Watson begins one of his canzonets : " Love is ...
... Johnson attended to the letter of invitation in the next scene , he would have found that Rosaline was niece to Capulet . ANONYMOUS . Every sonnetteer characterises Love by contrarieties . Watson begins one of his canzonets : " Love is ...
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... JOHNSON . 5 Being PURG'D , a fire sparkling in lovers ' eyes ; ] The author may mean being purg'd of smoke , but it is perhaps a meaning never given to the word in any other place . I would rather read , ― Being urg'd , a fire sparkling ...
... JOHNSON . 5 Being PURG'D , a fire sparkling in lovers ' eyes ; ] The author may mean being purg'd of smoke , but it is perhaps a meaning never given to the word in any other place . I would rather read , ― Being urg'd , a fire sparkling ...
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... JOHNSON . 8 And , in strong proof , & c . ] As this play was written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , I cannot help regarding these speeches of Romeo as an oblique compliment to her majesty , who was not liable to be displeased at ...
... JOHNSON . 8 And , in strong proof , & c . ] As this play was written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , I cannot help regarding these speeches of Romeo as an oblique compliment to her majesty , who was not liable to be displeased at ...
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