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Page ix
... anfwers to its original , allouėr , ą louer , laudare . II . Fairfax perhaps may be of fome authority with our commentator , for I find his name used to au- thorize thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra PREFACE .
... anfwers to its original , allouėr , ą louer , laudare . II . Fairfax perhaps may be of fome authority with our commentator , for I find his name used to au- thorize thorize an interpretation of a passage in Antony and Cleopatra PREFACE .
Page xi
... used du- " plex . And the old French writers fay , La plus " double . Dr. Bentley has been as fevere on " Milton for as ELEGANT A GRECISM , " Yet virgin of Proferpina from Jove . Lib . 9. ver . 396 . « Tis an imitaton of the Παρθένον ἐκ ...
... used du- " plex . And the old French writers fay , La plus " double . Dr. Bentley has been as fevere on " Milton for as ELEGANT A GRECISM , " Yet virgin of Proferpina from Jove . Lib . 9. ver . 396 . « Tis an imitaton of the Παρθένον ἐκ ...
Page xxii
... used as fynonymous words . ' Tis to be remember'd that the Ghost of Banquo appears to no one except Macbeth : and the Queen thinks all the starts and horrors of Macbeth to be nothing but the very painting of his fear : the Queen ...
... used as fynonymous words . ' Tis to be remember'd that the Ghost of Banquo appears to no one except Macbeth : and the Queen thinks all the starts and horrors of Macbeth to be nothing but the very painting of his fear : the Queen ...
Page xxiii
... wanton one : " which fometimes fhew a lion , a caftle or a pro- montory ? The thought is fine , and in character . " overcome IS USED FOR Deceive . " Mr. W. 66 IN King Lear , A & III . " Edg b 4 In PREFACE . xxiii <c ...
... wanton one : " which fometimes fhew a lion , a caftle or a pro- montory ? The thought is fine , and in character . " overcome IS USED FOR Deceive . " Mr. W. 66 IN King Lear , A & III . " Edg b 4 In PREFACE . xxiii <c ...
Page xxvi
... used by our old poets in the fame kind of pleo- nafm , ( if there are any pleonasms at all , which I doubt of , ) as II ANTA is used by Homer , and OMNIA by Lucretius . Χρυσῆ δὲ τήσας ἔφερεν δέκα ΠΑΝΤΑ τάλαντα . 11. w . 232 . i.e. ten ...
... used by our old poets in the fame kind of pleo- nafm , ( if there are any pleonasms at all , which I doubt of , ) as II ANTA is used by Homer , and OMNIA by Lucretius . Χρυσῆ δὲ τήσας ἔφερεν δέκα ΠΑΝΤΑ τάλαντα . 11. w . 232 . i.e. ten ...
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