King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... sense would perhaps have been better if the author had written what his commentator substitutes ; but the rhyme , to which sense is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jest , and obliges us to read it . JOHNSON . The ...
... sense would perhaps have been better if the author had written what his commentator substitutes ; but the rhyme , to which sense is too often enslaved , obliged Shakspeare to write jest , and obliges us to read it . JOHNSON . The ...
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... sense . But Mr. Pope , who carefully examined the first printed plays in quarto , ( very much to the advantage of his edi- tion , ) coming to this place , found five lines , in the first edition of this play , printed in 1598 , omitted ...
... sense . But Mr. Pope , who carefully examined the first printed plays in quarto , ( very much to the advantage of his edi- tion , ) coming to this place , found five lines , in the first edition of this play , printed in 1598 , omitted ...
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... sense is more coherent . Nothing is more frequent among dramatic writers , than to shorten their dialogues for the stage . JOHNSON . 5 - did banish thee ; ] Read : " Therefore , think not , the king did banish thee . " RITSON . But thou ...
... sense is more coherent . Nothing is more frequent among dramatic writers , than to shorten their dialogues for the stage . JOHNSON . 5 - did banish thee ; ] Read : " Therefore , think not , the king did banish thee . " RITSON . But thou ...
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... sense , we are always to suppose that the passage is corrupt . I conceive , however , that if a writer has expressed his meaning , in proper and significant words , he may rest satisfied , though the words may be distorted to another sense ...
... sense , we are always to suppose that the passage is corrupt . I conceive , however , that if a writer has expressed his meaning , in proper and significant words , he may rest satisfied , though the words may be distorted to another sense ...
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... sense of infestation , similar abbreviations occur in other places in our author's plays : thus we have probal for probable in Othello , and captious for capacious in All's Well That Ends Well . In like manner , Bishop Hall , in his ...
... sense of infestation , similar abbreviations occur in other places in our author's plays : thus we have probal for probable in Othello , and captious for capacious in All's Well That Ends Well . In like manner , Bishop Hall , in his ...
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