Merry wives of Windsor ; Troilus and CressidaF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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Page 64
... JOHNSON . Perhaps Dr. Johnson is mistaken in his conjecture . He seems not to have been aware of the manner in which the author meant this scene should be represented . Ford and Pistol , Page and Nym , enter in pairs , each pair in ...
... JOHNSON . Perhaps Dr. Johnson is mistaken in his conjecture . He seems not to have been aware of the manner in which the author meant this scene should be represented . Ford and Pistol , Page and Nym , enter in pairs , each pair in ...
Page 66
... JOHNSON . I believe that neither of the commentators is in the right , but am far from professing , with any great degree of confidence , that I am happier in my own explanation . It is remarkable , that in Shakspeare , this expression ...
... JOHNSON . I believe that neither of the commentators is in the right , but am far from professing , with any great degree of confidence , that I am happier in my own explanation . It is remarkable , that in Shakspeare , this expression ...
Page 68
... JOHNSON . 7 — I would have nothing lie on my head : ] Here seems to be an allusion to Shakspeare's favourite topick , the cuckold's horns . MALONE . CAVALERO - justice , ] This cant term occurs in The Stately Moral of Three Ladies of ...
... JOHNSON . 7 — I would have nothing lie on my head : ] Here seems to be an allusion to Shakspeare's favourite topick , the cuckold's horns . MALONE . CAVALERO - justice , ] This cant term occurs in The Stately Moral of Three Ladies of ...
Page 71
... JOHNSON . The two - handed sword is mentioned in the ancient Interlude of Nature , bl . 1. no date : 66 66 Somtyme ... Johnson's explanation of the long sword is certainly right ; for the early quarto reads― " my two - hand sword ; " so ...
... JOHNSON . The two - handed sword is mentioned in the ancient Interlude of Nature , bl . 1. no date : 66 66 Somtyme ... Johnson's explanation of the long sword is certainly right ; for the early quarto reads― " my two - hand sword ; " so ...
Page 94
... JOHNSON . Castilian and Ethiopian , like Cataian , appear in our author's time to have been cant terms . I have met with them in more than one of the old comedies . So , in a description of the Ar- mada introduced in the Stately Moral ...
... JOHNSON . Castilian and Ethiopian , like Cataian , appear in our author's time to have been cant terms . I have met with them in more than one of the old comedies . So , in a description of the Ar- mada introduced in the Stately Moral ...
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Achilles Æneas AGAM Agamemnon Ajax ancient Ben Jonson CAIUS Calchas called comedy CRES Cressida devil Diomed doth edit editor Enter eringoes Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairies Falstaff folio fool give Grecian Greeks Hanmer hath heart heaven HECT Hector Helen honour horse HOST humour husband JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear knight lady lord Lydgate MALONE master Brook master doctor means Menelaus mistress Ford Neoptolemus Nestor old copy old quarto Pandarus Paris passage PATR Patroclus phrase PIST play pray Priam prince quarto Queen QUICK quoth reading scene sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Hugh sir John SLEN Slender speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell thee THEOBALD THER Thersites thing thou thought Troilus Troilus and Cressida Trojan Troy true TYRWHITT ULYSS WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word