Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of Shakspeare: Resulting from a Collation of the Early Copies, with that of Johnson and Steevens, Ed. by Isaac Reed, Esq., Together with Some Valuable Extracts from the Mss. of the Late Right Honourable John, Lord Chedworth, Issue 1J. Wright, 1805 |
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Page 64
... requires that we should read , " if you be mad ; " but Olivia must be , evidently , in want of her senses to speak so , to a person whom she thought mad . The second sentence is only a slight correction of the first : " if you be not ...
... requires that we should read , " if you be mad ; " but Olivia must be , evidently , in want of her senses to speak so , to a person whom she thought mad . The second sentence is only a slight correction of the first : " if you be not ...
Page 65
... require that we should not only read te - įrs , but fertile , 276. " Love makes his heart of flint , that you shall love . " i . e . Love hardens to flint the heart of him whom you shall love . that rr ACT II . SCENE I. 279. My ...
... require that we should not only read te - įrs , but fertile , 276. " Love makes his heart of flint , that you shall love . " i . e . Love hardens to flint the heart of him whom you shall love . that rr ACT II . SCENE I. 279. My ...
Page 102
... requires , ( the third line being redundant , and merely parenthetical ) the sentence would be correct . 386. Do not banish reason for inequality . " Dr. Johnson's interpretation of this passage is , I believe , the right one ; if in ...
... requires , ( the third line being redundant , and merely parenthetical ) the sentence would be correct . 386. Do not banish reason for inequality . " Dr. Johnson's interpretation of this passage is , I believe , the right one ; if in ...
Page 112
... money at hand , nor any goods that will immediately raise the sum you may require . " 245 . 66 SCENE II . Therefore the lottery that he hath de- vis'd . " Lottery " here means prize , the object of lottery 112 MERCHANT OF VENICE .
... money at hand , nor any goods that will immediately raise the sum you may require . " 245 . 66 SCENE II . Therefore the lottery that he hath de- vis'd . " Lottery " here means prize , the object of lottery 112 MERCHANT OF VENICE .
Page 113
... require no comment ; but some actors of late have tried to vitiate it by an affected and constrained recitation ; thus- " And when the work of generation was " Between these woolly breeders ; in the act " The skilful shepherd , " & c ...
... require no comment ; but some actors of late have tried to vitiate it by an affected and constrained recitation ; thus- " And when the work of generation was " Between these woolly breeders ; in the act " The skilful shepherd , " & c ...
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66 SCENE accentuation admit allusion appears Banquo believe better blood called censure certainly conjecture Coriolanus correction corruption Cymbeline death dissyllable doth Duke ellipsis emendation expression eyes Falstaff fear give grace grief Hamlet hand hast hath heart heaven hemistic Henry VI honour Hotspur hypermeter implies instance Johnson Julius Cęsar King Henry King Lear lady LORD CHEDWORTH Macbeth Malone Malone's Mason meaning measure Measure for Measure metre Milton murder nature never noun numbers occurs omitted Othello Paradise Lost passage peace perhaps phrase play pleonasm poet poet's pronoun quarto remarks Richard Romeo and Juliet seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew sleep soul speak speech stand Steevens Steevens's strange STRUTT suppose sure sweet sword syllable Tacitus tell thee thing thou thought tion tongue transposition trisyllable true uttered verb verse virtue wanting Warburton word
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Page 188 - Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 188 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 346 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 24 - But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 188 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 349 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
Page 44 - The seasons alter : hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose ; And on old Hyems' chin, and icy crown, An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set.
Page 254 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Page 440 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 199 - I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?