The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added Notes by Sam Johnson, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... in vogue ; where the Devil continued to have a confiderable part . The mention of it here was to ridicule fo abfurd a circumstance in thefe old farces . WARBURTON . Such Such as he hath obferv'd in noble ladies Unto their 8 THE TAMING.
... in vogue ; where the Devil continued to have a confiderable part . The mention of it here was to ridicule fo abfurd a circumstance in thefe old farces . WARBURTON . Such Such as he hath obferv'd in noble ladies Unto their 8 THE TAMING.
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... captus eft , habet , of the fame Author . WARBURTON . * Our author had this line from Lilly , which I mention , that it may not be brought as an ar- gument of his learning . Per- Perhaps , you mark'd not what's the pith of all 20 THE ...
... captus eft , habet , of the fame Author . WARBURTON . * Our author had this line from Lilly , which I mention , that it may not be brought as an ar- gument of his learning . Per- Perhaps , you mark'd not what's the pith of all 20 THE ...
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... WARBURTON . Why this fhould feem non- fenfe , I cannot perceive . In a few means the fame as in fort , in few words . The burthen of a dance is an As expreffion which I have never heard ; the burthen of his woo- ing fong had been more ...
... WARBURTON . Why this fhould feem non- fenfe , I cannot perceive . In a few means the fame as in fort , in few words . The burthen of a dance is an As expreffion which I have never heard ; the burthen of his woo- ing fong had been more ...
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... WARBURTON . Surely the fenfe of the present reading is too obvious to be mif- fed or mistaken . Petruchio fays , that , if a girl has money enough , no bad qualities of mind or body will remove affection's edge ; that is , hinder him ...
... WARBURTON . Surely the fenfe of the present reading is too obvious to be mif- fed or mistaken . Petruchio fays , that , if a girl has money enough , no bad qualities of mind or body will remove affection's edge ; that is , hinder him ...
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... not half fo great a blow to HEAR , ] This aukward phrafe could never come from Shakespeare . He wrote , without question , -fo great a blow to TH'EAR . WARBURTON . Tra . Tra . I love no chiders , Sir : Biondello 30 THE TAMING.
... not half fo great a blow to HEAR , ] This aukward phrafe could never come from Shakespeare . He wrote , without question , -fo great a blow to TH'EAR . WARBURTON . Tra . Tra . I love no chiders , Sir : Biondello 30 THE TAMING.
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