On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its Improvement, 2. köideLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1866 |
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... Johnson , “ can hardly pass . " He might have gone farther , and designated it , as it really is , destitute of meaning . Even if we take age not to be connected with time by the preposition of , we obtain only a weak and awkward ...
... Johnson , “ can hardly pass . " He might have gone farther , and designated it , as it really is , destitute of meaning . Even if we take age not to be connected with time by the preposition of , we obtain only a weak and awkward ...
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... Johnson tells us that it signifies resem- blance as in a print , but surely this is not a very felicitous meaning . If the word , moreover , were taken in this sense , it would include form ( since the latter mainly constitutes the ...
... Johnson tells us that it signifies resem- blance as in a print , but surely this is not a very felicitous meaning . If the word , moreover , were taken in this sense , it would include form ( since the latter mainly constitutes the ...
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... Thirlby , " habits evil , " seems clearly entitled to adoption . Dr. Johnson objects to it on the ground that it destroys the antithesis between devil and emendation restores - that between habits evil and actions fair.
... Thirlby , " habits evil , " seems clearly entitled to adoption . Dr. Johnson objects to it on the ground that it destroys the antithesis between devil and emendation restores - that between habits evil and actions fair.
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... , presents an expression justly pronounced obscure by Dr. Johnson . The King says to him : " Not that I think you did not love your But that I know , love is begun by time ; father ; And that I see , in passages of proof , HAMLET . 13.
... , presents an expression justly pronounced obscure by Dr. Johnson . The King says to him : " Not that I think you did not love your But that I know , love is begun by time ; father ; And that I see , in passages of proof , HAMLET . 13.
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... Johnson makes sense of the passage by assuming it to mean that their " airy facility of talk imposes upon wise men , " an interpretation not borne out by the words . According to the best judgment I can form , the reading of the quarto ...
... Johnson makes sense of the passage by assuming it to mean that their " airy facility of talk imposes upon wise men , " an interpretation not borne out by the words . According to the best judgment I can form , the reading of the quarto ...
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