The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 14J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 98
... feems clear , however , that the present scene is to be placed near the Scottish border . The King himself fays : " From Scotland am I stol'n , even of pure love ; " And Hall ( and Holinshed after him ) tells us " He was no fooner ...
... feems clear , however , that the present scene is to be placed near the Scottish border . The King himself fays : " From Scotland am I stol'n , even of pure love ; " And Hall ( and Holinshed after him ) tells us " He was no fooner ...
Page 124
... feems , As may beseem a monarch like himself . Myself have often heard him say , and swear , - That this his love was an eternal plant ; 7 Whereof the root was fix'd in virtue's ground , The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun ...
... feems , As may beseem a monarch like himself . Myself have often heard him say , and swear , - That this his love was an eternal plant ; 7 Whereof the root was fix'd in virtue's ground , The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun ...
Page 373
... feems to have no ambiguity . He must allude to the former line : So young fo wife , they say , do ne'er live long , in which he conceals under a proverb , his design of haftening the Prince's death . JOHNSON . The Prince having caught ...
... feems to have no ambiguity . He must allude to the former line : So young fo wife , they say , do ne'er live long , in which he conceals under a proverb , his design of haftening the Prince's death . JOHNSON . The Prince having caught ...
Page 375
... feems to mean , one in his senses ; a rational man . Again , in Twelfth - Night , Vol . V. p . 330 , n . 2 : " - this is evident to any formal capacity . MALONE . 2 -of this conqueror ; ] For this reading we are indebted to Mr. Theobald ...
... feems to mean , one in his senses ; a rational man . Again , in Twelfth - Night , Vol . V. p . 330 , n . 2 : " - this is evident to any formal capacity . MALONE . 2 -of this conqueror ; ] For this reading we are indebted to Mr. Theobald ...
Page 378
... feems to confift in this : at country shows it was common to fet the monkey on the back of some other animal , as a bear . The Duke therefore in calling himself ape , calls his uncle bear . JOHNSON . To this custom there seems to be an ...
... feems to confift in this : at country shows it was common to fet the monkey on the back of some other animal , as a bear . The Duke therefore in calling himself ape , calls his uncle bear . JOHNSON . To this custom there seems to be an ...
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