P. 267.-92.-141. Clo. Say'st thou, that house is dark? Mal. As hell, Sia Topas. Clo. Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barri- as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of ob- Here Mr. Malone is constrained to admit a correction of the 2d folio. P. 271.-95.-145. Mal. I tell thee, I am as well in my wits, as any man in Clo. Well-a-day,-that you were, sir! Mal. By this hand, I am: Good fool, some ink, paper, Clo. I will help you to't. But tell me true, are you not "It is strange to see how the commentators "have here mistaken the clown's character, who says to Malvolio, are you not mad indeed, or do you but counterfeit? They would fain make "him talk sense. Shakespeare made him talk nonsense in character. The question means, "are you really in your senses, or do you but act as though you were? As though a madman could "counterfeit a wise man! Absurd, but highly in "character! Praises equally applicable to the "annotators." HERON. Mr. M. Mason understands the passage as Heron does. P. 272.-95.-147. And anon, sir, Like to the old vice, Your need to sustain; Who with dagger of lath, Pare thy nails, dad, Adieu, goodman devil. I am for receiving the common reading, goodman drivel. Oli. P. 273.-98.-150. He shall conceal it, I have frequently heard while used corruptly for till, particularly at Harrow, in Middlesex. I find it is used in this sense in the trial of Spencer Cowper and others at Hertford, 5 State Trials, 195. "Mr. Jones. My Lord, then we should keep you "here while to-morrow morning." While is also used in this sense by Sir John Freind at his trial. On his applying to the court to have a witness sent for who was a prisoner in the Gatehouse, the Lord Chief Justice Holt asks: "Sir John, why did you not send, and desire this before?" to which Freind answers: My Lord, I did "not hear of him while last night." So too Ben Jonson : I am born a gentleman, A younger brother, but in some disgrace Now with my friends; and want some little means Devil is an Ass, Act I. Sc. 3d. P. 282.-105.-159. Sir To. Sot, did'st see Dick surgeon, sot? Clo. O he's drunk, sir Toby, an hour agone; his eyes were set at eight i'the morning. Sir To. Then he's a rogue. After a passy-measure, or a I incline to agree with Malone. P. 286.-108.-164. Vio. All the occurrence of my fortune since I think Malone is right. P. 287.-109.-166. Oli. Open it, and read it. Clo. Look then to be well edified, when the fool delivers Oli. How now! art thou mad? Clo. No, madam, I do but read madness: an your lady- Malone is certainly right. Mr. Steevens's misconception of the meaning seems to me very strange. P. 291.-113.-170. Clo. Why some are born great, some atchieve greatness, Mal. I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you. I think the regulation proposed by Mr. Tyrwhit is very judicious. P. Ibid.-171. Duke. He hath not told us of the captain yet; Of our dear souls. There is no need of any change: convents means suits, convenient. THE WINTER'S TALE. WARBURTON's remark on the merit of this play is perfectly just. I have always been astonished at the judgment pronounced on it by Mr. Pope. I entirely agree with Dr. Farmer with respect to Sir Thomas Hanmer's alteration of Bohemia to Bithynia. You take my lord, I'll give him my commission, I incline to read you with Warburton. P. 304.-125.-12. yet, good-deed, Leontes, I love thee not a jar o'the clock behind What lady she her lord. Good-deed is right. I think the reading of the 2d folio is right. Taking doctrine for a trisyllable, the verse would be one of the harshest ever written. Leon. P. 307-130.-20. But were they false As dice are to be wish'd, by one that fixes I think Sir Thomas Hanmer understands this expression (o'er-died blacks) rightly. Leon. P. 311.-132.-21. Sweet villain! Most dear'st! my collop!-Can thy dam ?-may't be? Intention is here used for intenseness. Pol. P. 310.-131.-23. How, my lord? What cheer? how is't with you, best brother? I am angling now, Though you perceive me not how I give line. [Aside. Observing Polixenes and Hermione. I cannot think that allowing here means approving. Every word Leontes utters shews he does not approve Hermione's conduct. Allowing means the same as he before expresses by giving line, permitting unrestrained conversation between Polixenes and Hermione. |