Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the Various Commentators, Upon The Merchant of Venice, Written by Will. Shakspere, Band 1printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1787 - 75 Seiten |
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... phrase , to play the fool . WARBURTON . 91. There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream- - ] The poet here alludes to the manner in which the film extends itself over milk in scalding ; and he had the same appearance in his eye when ...
... phrase , to play the fool . WARBURTON . 91. There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream- - ] The poet here alludes to the manner in which the film extends itself over milk in scalding ; and he had the same appearance in his eye when ...
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... phrase used of an old man too juvenile , that he still retains his colt's tooth . See Henry VIII . JOHNSON . 232. there is the county Palatine . ] I am always in- clined to believe , that Shakspere has more allusions to particular facts ...
... phrase used of an old man too juvenile , that he still retains his colt's tooth . See Henry VIII . JOHNSON . 232. there is the county Palatine . ] I am always in- clined to believe , that Shakspere has more allusions to particular facts ...
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... phrase taken from the practice of wrestlers , and ( he might have added ) is an allu sion to the angel's thus laying hold on Jacob , when he wrestled with him . See Gen. xxxii . 24 , & c . } 368. well won t HENLEY . - ] The folio reads ...
... phrase taken from the practice of wrestlers , and ( he might have added ) is an allu sion to the angel's thus laying hold on Jacob , when he wrestled with him . See Gen. xxxii . 24 , & c . } 368. well won t HENLEY . - ] The folio reads ...
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... phrase is this , he hears with ears ? why it is affecta- tions . " To talk of running with one's heels , has scarce less of absurdity . It has been suggested , that we should read and point the passage as follows ; “ Do not run ; scorn ...
... phrase is this , he hears with ears ? why it is affecta- tions . " To talk of running with one's heels , has scarce less of absurdity . It has been suggested , that we should read and point the passage as follows ; “ Do not run ; scorn ...
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... phrase to signify the danger of marrying.- A certain French writer uses the same kind of figure , " O mon Ami , j'aimerois mieux être tombée sur la point d'un Oreiller , & m ' être rompû le Cou . " - WARBURTON . 235. Something too ...
... phrase to signify the danger of marrying.- A certain French writer uses the same kind of figure , " O mon Ami , j'aimerois mieux être tombée sur la point d'un Oreiller , & m ' être rompû le Cou . " - WARBURTON . 235. Something too ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alluding allusion amongst ancient ballad Ben Jonson Cæsar called Christian comedy contain their urine Cophetua doth duke elegerit epithet erat subscriptio eyes fairer table FARMER folio reads fool gaping pig Gesta Romanorum Gregorio Leti harmony hath HENLEY immortal souls Jew of Malta JOHNSON kind king Launcelot lineaments Love's Labour's Lost MALONE Masterless passion masters of passion means Merchant of Venice mind mind of love modern editors read musick never night old copies old editions old quarto pale passage pearles of praise peize Perhaps play poet Portia pound of flesh present reading pretiosis prince prodigal promise quod Rein thy royal merchant Satires says Secchi Shakspere Shakspere's shew Shylock signifies Sixtus STEEVENS story strange matter stubbed boy sweet sounds tearme THEOBALD thing thou thy joy Timon of Athens TYRWHITT unto urine for affection usance usurie vail Vex'd WARBURTON woollen bag-pipe word younker
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 23 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Seite 50 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Seite 55 - If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you ; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light; brings him into a great deal of bad company; and takes up a great deal of time, which might be much better employed.
Seite 53 - Touching musical harmony, whether by instrument or by voice, it being but of high and low in sounds a due proportionable disposition ; such notwithstanding is the force thereof, and so pleasing effects it hath in that very part of man which is most divine, that some have been thereby induced to think that the soul itself by nature is or hath in it harmony.
Seite 22 - How superstitiously we mind our evils ! The throwing down salt, or crossing of a hare, Bleeding at nose, the stumbling of a horse, Or singing of a cricket, are of power To daunt whole man in us.
Seite 53 - But if (fie of such a but!) you be born so near the dullmaking cataract of Nilus, that you cannot hear the planetlike music of poetry ; if you have so earth-creeping a mind, that it cannot lift itself up to look to the sky of poetry, or rather, by a certain rustical disdain, will become such a Mome, as to be a Momus of poetry...
Seite 54 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Seite 39 - tis to serve A prince with body and soul. Exit. Bos. Here 's an example for extortion: what moisture is drawn out of the sea, when foul weather comes, pours down, and runs into the sea again.
Seite 25 - Edition of 1600 has no distribution of acts, but proceeds from the beginning to the end in an unbroken tenour. This play therefore having been probably divided without authority by the publishers of the first folio, lies open to a new regulation if any more commodious division can be proposed.
Seite 69 - It is no strange matter to here those dispute of equitie which are themselves most unjust ; and such as have no faith at all...