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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Page 26
... JOHNSON . I will not say that this passage , as it stands , is absolute non- sense ; 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 non- sense ; 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 ...
Page 27
... JOHNSON . Young men are certainly yeomen . So , in A lytell Geste of Robyn Hode , printed by Wynken de Worde : 66 Robyn commaunded his wight young men . " Of lii . wyght yonge men . " Seuen score of wyght yonge men . " Buske you my mery ...
... JOHNSON . Young men are certainly yeomen . So , in A lytell Geste of Robyn Hode , printed by Wynken de Worde : 66 Robyn commaunded his wight young men . " Of lii . wyght yonge men . " Seuen score of wyght yonge men . " Buske you my mery ...
Page 40
... JOHNSON . The poet may mean nothing more than to say , that those books are most esteemed by the world , where valuable contents are em- bellished 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 em- bellished by as valuable binding . STEEVENS . JUL . I'll look to like , if looking liking 40 ACT I ...
Page 48
... 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 . Dr. Johnson has ...
... 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 . Dr. Johnson has ...
Page 55
... JOHNSON . " Utilis in cives est ibi lamna suos . " The quarto 1597 , instead of Spanish blades , reads counter- mines . STEEvens . In the passage quoted from Grotius , alio has been constantly printed instead of uno , which makes it ...
... JOHNSON . " Utilis in cives est ibi lamna suos . " The quarto 1597 , instead of Spanish blades , reads counter- mines . STEEvens . In the passage quoted from Grotius , alio has been constantly printed instead of uno , which makes it ...
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