The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 9F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... editors , by distortions of phrase , or negligence of tran- scription . JOHNSON . Dr. Johnson's remark is so just respecting the corruptions of this play , that I shall not attempt much reformation in its metre , which is too rough ...
... editors , by distortions of phrase , or negligence of tran- scription . JOHNSON . Dr. Johnson's remark is so just respecting the corruptions of this play , that I shall not attempt much reformation in its metre , which is too rough ...
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... editors . I am not convinced that a line is lost , as Mr. Theobald conjectures , nor that the change of but to put , which Dr. Warburton has admitted after some other editor , [ Rowe , ] will amend the fault . There was probably some ...
... editors . I am not convinced that a line is lost , as Mr. Theobald conjectures , nor that the change of but to put , which Dr. Warburton has admitted after some other editor , [ Rowe , ] will amend the fault . There was probably some ...
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... editor's note on this passage is in these words : " The lapwings fly , with seeming fright and anxiety , far from ... editors have not taken in the whole similitude here : they have taken notice of the lightness of a spark's behaviour ...
... editor's note on this passage is in these words : " The lapwings fly , with seeming fright and anxiety , far from ... editors have not taken in the whole similitude here : they have taken notice of the lightness of a spark's behaviour ...
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... editor of the second folio arbitrarily reads - as truly theirs ; which has been followed in all the subsequent copies . MALONE . 7 - would owe them . ] To owe , signifies in this place , as in many others , to possess , to have ...
... editor of the second folio arbitrarily reads - as truly theirs ; which has been followed in all the subsequent copies . MALONE . 7 - would owe them . ] To owe , signifies in this place , as in many others , to possess , to have ...
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... editor of the second folio , for the sake of the metre . MALONE . Surely , it is added for the sake of sense as well as metre . STEEVENS . No ceremony that to great ones ' longs , Not 60 ACT II . MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
... editor of the second folio , for the sake of the metre . MALONE . Surely , it is added for the sake of sense as well as metre . STEEVENS . No ceremony that to great ones ' longs , Not 60 ACT II . MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
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Page 486 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires; — Where should Othello go? — Now, how dost thou look now ? O ill-starr'd wench ! Pale as thy smock ! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 265 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs...
Page 64 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 202 - I'll lend you all my life to do you service. Duke. Against all sense you do importune her: Should she kneel down in mercy of this fact, Her brother's ghost his paved bed would break, And take her hence in horror.
Page 61 - tis too late. Lucio. You are too cold. [To Isabella. Isab. Too late? why, no; I, that do speak a word, May call it back again: Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 260 - And, till she come, as truly as to heaven I do confess the vices of my blood, So justly to your grave ears I'll present How I did thrive in this fair lady's love, And she in mine.
Page 378 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 104 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 462 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Page 475 - Ay, with Cassio. Nay had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.