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 6 |
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JOHNSON . I will not say that this passage , as it stands , is absolute nonsense ; but I think it very absurd , and am certain that it is not capable of the meaning that Johnson attributes to it , without the alteration I mean to ...
JOHNSON . I will not say that this passage , as it stands , is absolute nonsense ; but I think it very absurd , and am certain that it is not capable of the meaning that Johnson attributes to it , without the alteration I mean to ...
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... such hopes of happiness and such pleasure , as the farmer receives from the spring , when the plenty of the year begins , and the prospect of the harvest fills him with delight . JOHNSON . Young men are certainly yeomen .
... such hopes of happiness and such pleasure , as the farmer receives from the spring , when the plenty of the year begins , and the prospect of the harvest fills him with delight . JOHNSON . Young men are certainly yeomen .
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JOHNSON . The poet may mean nothing more than to say , that those books are most esteemed by the world , where valuable contents are embellished by as valuable binding . STEEVENS . JUL . I'll look to like , if looking liking 40 ACT I.
JOHNSON . The poet may mean nothing more than to say , that those books are most esteemed by the world , where valuable contents are embellished by as valuable binding . STEEVENS . JUL . I'll look to like , if looking liking 40 ACT I.
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JOHNSON . This passage is not worth a contest ; and yet if the conjunction or were retained , the meaning appears to be : -We'll draw thee from the mire ( says he ) or rather from this love wherein thou stick'st .
JOHNSON . This passage is not worth a contest ; and yet if the conjunction or were retained , the meaning appears to be : -We'll draw thee from the mire ( says he ) or rather from this love wherein thou stick'st .
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JOHNSON . The quarto 1597 , instead of Spanish blades , reads countermines . STEevens . In the passage quoted from Grotius , alio has been constantly printed instead of uno , which makes it nonsense ; the whole point of the couplet ...
JOHNSON . The quarto 1597 , instead of Spanish blades , reads countermines . STEevens . In the passage quoted from Grotius , alio has been constantly printed instead of uno , which makes it nonsense ; the whole point of the couplet ...
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| Title | 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 6 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, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributor | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Rwington, 1821 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2015 |
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