The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols]. |
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... seems to have been copied from one in Darius , another play of lord Sterline's , printed at Edinburgh in 1603 . His Julius Cæfar appeared in 1607 , at a time when he was little acquainted with English writers ; for both thefe pieces ...
... seems to have been copied from one in Darius , another play of lord Sterline's , printed at Edinburgh in 1603 . His Julius Cæfar appeared in 1607 , at a time when he was little acquainted with English writers ; for both thefe pieces ...
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... seems to be as much confined to the British Homer . This defcription of the condition of confpirators , before the execution of their defign , has a pomp and terror in it that per- fectly astonishes . The excellent Mr. Addison , whofe ...
... seems to be as much confined to the British Homer . This defcription of the condition of confpirators , before the execution of their defign , has a pomp and terror in it that per- fectly astonishes . The excellent Mr. Addison , whofe ...
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... seems to me moft ftrange that men should fear ; Seeing that death , a neceffary end , 7 Will come , when it will come . Re - enter a Servant . What fay the augurers Serv . They would not have you to ftir forth to - day . Plucking the ...
... seems to me moft ftrange that men should fear ; Seeing that death , a neceffary end , 7 Will come , when it will come . Re - enter a Servant . What fay the augurers Serv . They would not have you to ftir forth to - day . Plucking the ...
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... So , in King Lear : " You , fir , I entertain for one of my hundred . " STEEVENS . 5 To prefer seems to have been the established phrase for recommend ing a fervant . REED . 7 So , call the field to reft ; and let's JULIUS CÆSAR . 95.
... So , in King Lear : " You , fir , I entertain for one of my hundred . " STEEVENS . 5 To prefer seems to have been the established phrase for recommend ing a fervant . REED . 7 So , call the field to reft ; and let's JULIUS CÆSAR . 95.
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... seems to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius . JOHNSON . Gildon has justly observed , that this tragedy ought to have been called Marcus Brutus , Cæfar being a very inconfiderable perfonage in the fcene , and being killed in ...
... seems to have impeded the natural vigour of his genius . JOHNSON . Gildon has justly observed , that this tragedy ought to have been called Marcus Brutus , Cæfar being a very inconfiderable perfonage in the fcene , and being killed in ...
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Afide againſt Andronicus anfwer Antony Boult Brutus Cæfar Cafca Caffius Cleo Cleopatra Cloten Cymbeline death defire Dionyza doth Enobarbus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fafe faid fame feems feen fenfe fhall fhould fignifies flain fleep fome fpeak fpeech friends ftand ftill ftrange fuch fuppofe fure fweet fword gods Goths GUIDERIUS hath heart heaven himſelf honour Iach Iachimo Imogen JOHNSON king lady Lavinia lefs lord Lucius madam mafter MALONE Marcus Marina Mark Antony MASON means moft moſt muft muſt myſelf noble obferved old copy paffage perfon Pericles play pleaſe pleaſure Poft Pofthumus Pompey prefent Prince of Tyre queen reafon Roman Rome ſay SCENE Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhall ſhe ſpeak STEEVENS Tamora tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Titinius Titus Titus Andronicus ufed uſed WARBURTON whofe word