Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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SCENE V.
Ford.
Has Page any brains? hath he any eyes? hath
he any thinking? sure, they sleep; he hath no use of
them. Why, this boy will carry a letter twenty mile,
as easy as a cannon will shoot point blank twelve-score.
He pieces out his wife's inclination; he gives her folly
motion and advantage; and now she's going to my
wife, and Falstaff's boy with her. A man may hear
this shower sing in the wind—and Falstaff's boy with
her!—good plots—they are laid, and our revolted
wives share damnation together. Well, I will take
him, then torture my wife; pluck the borrow'd veil
of modesty from the so seeming mistress Page, divulge
Page himself for a secure and wilful Acteon, and to
these violent proceedings all my neighbours shall cry
aim. The clock gives me my cue, and my assurance
bids me search; there I shall find Falstaff. I shall be
rather praised for this, than mocked; for it is as positive
as the earth is firm, that Falstaff is there: I
will go.
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Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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