Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
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IV.iii.37 (171,2) [Madam, I pity much your grievances] Sorrows, sorrowful affections. IV.iv.13 (172,1) [I would have, as one should say, one that takes upon him to be a dog indeed, to be, as it were, a dog at all things] I believe we should read, _I would have_. &c. _one that takes upon him to be a dog_, to be a dog _indeed, to be_, &c. IV.iv.79 (174,3) [It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token] Protheus does not properly leave his lady's token, he gives it away. The old edition has it, It seems you lov'd her not, _not_ leave her token. I should correct it thus, It seems you lov'd her not, _nor love_ her token. IV.iv.106 (175,4) [To carry that which I would have refus'd] The sense is, To go and present that which I wish to be not accepted, to praise him whom I wish to be dispraised. IV.iv.159 (176,5) [The air hath starv'd the roses in her cheeks, And pinch'd the lily-tincture of her face. That now she is become as black as I] [W: And pitch'd] This is no emendation; none ever heard of a face |
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