The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, Volume 1 |
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Page lxxxii
... Wives of Windfor , which he entirely new writ ; the Hiftory of Henry the 6th , which was first published under the title of the Contention of York and Lancaster ; and that of Henry the 5th , ex- tremely improved ; that of Hamlet ...
... Wives of Windfor , which he entirely new writ ; the Hiftory of Henry the 6th , which was first published under the title of the Contention of York and Lancaster ; and that of Henry the 5th , ex- tremely improved ; that of Hamlet ...
Page lxxxix
... wife happen , but by their being taken from feparate and piece - meal written parts . Many verfes are omitted entirely , and others tranf- pofed ; from whence invincible obfcurities have arifen , paft the guess of any Commentator to ...
... wife happen , but by their being taken from feparate and piece - meal written parts . Many verfes are omitted entirely , and others tranf- pofed ; from whence invincible obfcurities have arifen , paft the guess of any Commentator to ...
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... Wife of John Hall , Gentleman , it appears , that fhe died on the 2d Day of July , in the Year 1649 , aged 66. So that she was born in 1583 , when her Father could not be full 19 Years old ; who was himself born in the Year 1564. Nor ...
... Wife of John Hall , Gentleman , it appears , that fhe died on the 2d Day of July , in the Year 1649 , aged 66. So that she was born in 1583 , when her Father could not be full 19 Years old ; who was himself born in the Year 1564. Nor ...
Page xcviii
... Wives of Windfor , he has made him a Deer - ftealer ; and that he might at the fame Time remember his Warwickshire Profecu- tor , under the Name of Justice Shallow , he has given him very near the fame Coat of Arms , which 2 him xcviii ...
... Wives of Windfor , he has made him a Deer - ftealer ; and that he might at the fame Time remember his Warwickshire Profecu- tor , under the Name of Justice Shallow , he has given him very near the fame Coat of Arms , which 2 him xcviii ...
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... wife Fami- lis :) Good Part of which Eftate is yet in the Pof- feffion of Edward Clopton , Efq ; and Sir Hugh Clopton , Knt . lineally defcended from the elder Brother of the firit Sir Hugh : Who particularly bequeath'd to his Nephew ...
... wife Fami- lis :) Good Part of which Eftate is yet in the Pof- feffion of Edward Clopton , Efq ; and Sir Hugh Clopton , Knt . lineally defcended from the elder Brother of the firit Sir Hugh : Who particularly bequeath'd to his Nephew ...
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Page x - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Page 53 - The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Page xxv - A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
Page 462 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page xxii - He carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate, for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
Page 433 - I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!
Page 269 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 118 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page xxiii - ... with more zeal than judgment, to transfer to his imagined interpolators. We need not wonder to find Hector quoting Aristotle, when we see the loves of Theseus and Hippolyta combined with the Gothic mythology of fairies.
Page lxxiii - ... you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.