Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
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being _pitched_ by the weather. The colour of a part _pinched_, is
livid, as it is commonly termed, _black and blue_. The weather may therefore be justly said to _pinch_ when it produces the same visible effect. I believe this is the reason why the cold is said to _pinch_. IV.iv.198 (179,2) [her forehead's low] A high forehead was in our author's time accounted a feature eminently beautiful. So in _The History of Guy of Warwick_, Felice his lady is said to have _the same high forehead as Venus_. IV.iv.206 (179,3) [My substance should be statue in thy stead] [W: statued] _Statued_ is, I am afraid, a new word, and that it should be received, is not quite evident. V.i.12 (180,4) [sure enough] _Sure_ is safe, out of danger. V.iv.71 (185,1) [The private wound is deepest. Oh time, most curst!] I have a little mended the measure. The old edition, and all but Sir T. Hammer, read, _The private wound is deepest_, _oh time most_ accurst. V.iv.106 (187,4) [if shame live In a disguise of love] That is, _if it be any shame to wear a disguise for the purposes of love_. V.iv.126 (187,5) [Come not within the measure of my wrath] The length of my sword, the reach of my anger. General Observation (189,8) In this play there is a strange mixture |
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