Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks Upon the Explanations and Amendments of the Commentators in the Editions of 1785, 1790, 1793W. Bulmer and Company, 1805 - 375 pages |
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... hath here almost persuaded ( For he's a spirit of persuasion only , ) The king , his son's alive ; ' tis as impossible That he's undrown'd , as he that sleeps here , swims . I conceive the meaning is simply , He professes nothing else ...
... hath here almost persuaded ( For he's a spirit of persuasion only , ) The king , his son's alive ; ' tis as impossible That he's undrown'd , as he that sleeps here , swims . I conceive the meaning is simply , He professes nothing else ...
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... hath thy queen Summon'd me hither , to this short - grass'd green ? I see no reason for changing short - graz'd to short - grass'd . P. 98. - 76. - 123 . Highest queen of state , Great Juno comes ; I know her by her gait . Modern ...
... hath thy queen Summon'd me hither , to this short - grass'd green ? I see no reason for changing short - graz'd to short - grass'd . P. 98. - 76. - 123 . Highest queen of state , Great Juno comes ; I know her by her gait . Modern ...
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... confuse himself ? P. 176. - 137. - 216 . ' Tis but her picture I have yet beheld , And that hath dazzled my reason's light . Mr. Steevens is certainly right . Dr. Johnson's is a strange mistake . C P. 193. - 152. - 237 . Laun . I [ 17 ]
... confuse himself ? P. 176. - 137. - 216 . ' Tis but her picture I have yet beheld , And that hath dazzled my reason's light . Mr. Steevens is certainly right . Dr. Johnson's is a strange mistake . C P. 193. - 152. - 237 . Laun . I [ 17 ]
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... hath a sweet mouth . Laun . That makes amends for her sour breath . I cannot think that she has a sweet mouth means she sings sweetly . Dr. Johnson's explanation seems to me right . Speed is now got to the catalogue of vices , and a ...
... hath a sweet mouth . Laun . That makes amends for her sour breath . I cannot think that she has a sweet mouth means she sings sweetly . Dr. Johnson's explanation seems to me right . Speed is now got to the catalogue of vices , and a ...
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... . - 209. - 335 . Pist . He hath study'd her well , and translated her well ; out of honesty into English . Nym . The anchor is deep : Will that humour pass ? I believe Mr. Malone is right . The emenda- tion 22 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR .
... . - 209. - 335 . Pist . He hath study'd her well , and translated her well ; out of honesty into English . Nym . The anchor is deep : Will that humour pass ? I believe Mr. Malone is right . The emenda- tion 22 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR .
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agree with Malone Apemantus appears blood Cæsar certainly right clearly right Coriolanus Cymbeline death doth doubt Duke edition of 1793 explained by Dr explained by Malone eyes Falstaff father fear fool friends hath heart heaven Heron honour Iago Ibid incline to believe incline to read incline to think Johnson is right Johnson's explanation Julius Cæsar king lady Lear lord Macb Macbeth Malone is right Malone's explanation means modern editors Monk Mason night noble old reading Othello passage prefer the reading quarto reading is right right word rightly ex rightly explained Ritson seems sense Shakespeare Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech stand Steevens is right Steevens's explanation suppose sure sweet thee Theobald Theobald's emendation think Dr think Malone think Theobald's thou art thought tion tongue true explanation true reading Tybalt Tyrwhitt understand Warburton William Davenant Winter's Tale
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Page 204 - HUNG be the heavens with black , yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Page 132 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 332 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes Of mortals, that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air.