The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 6C. and A. Conrad, 1805 |
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... word is given by Sir Thomas Smith , in his book de Sermone Anglico , printed by Robert Ste- phens , 4to : " To feize , means in fila diducere . " Johnson . Shakspeare repeats his use of the word in Troilus and Cressida , where Ajax says ...
... word is given by Sir Thomas Smith , in his book de Sermone Anglico , printed by Robert Ste- phens , 4to : " To feize , means in fila diducere . " Johnson . Shakspeare repeats his use of the word in Troilus and Cressida , where Ajax says ...
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... words out of joint . The Spaniards say , pocas palabras , i . e . few words : as they do likewise , Cessa , i . e . be quiet . Theobald . This is a burlesque on Hieronymo , which Theobald speaks of in a following note : " What new ...
... words out of joint . The Spaniards say , pocas palabras , i . e . few words : as they do likewise , Cessa , i . e . be quiet . Theobald . This is a burlesque on Hieronymo , which Theobald speaks of in a following note : " What new ...
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... word says , which , by mistake , the printers did not complete . The quotation from the old play proves that it is ... words that are here put in the mouth of the tinker : " Humph ; go to thy cold bed , and warm thee . " Malone . 7 ...
... word says , which , by mistake , the printers did not complete . The quotation from the old play proves that it is ... words that are here put in the mouth of the tinker : " Humph ; go to thy cold bed , and warm thee . " Malone . 7 ...
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... word brach , in Sir T. More's Comfort against Tribula- tion , Book III , ch . xxiv : - " Here it must be known of some men that can skill of hunting , whether that we mistake not our terms , for then are we utterly ashamed as ye wott ...
... word brach , in Sir T. More's Comfort against Tribula- tion , Book III , ch . xxiv : - " Here it must be known of some men that can skill of hunting , whether that we mistake not our terms , for then are we utterly ashamed as ye wott ...
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... word is certainly used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as synonymous to bitch : " Venus your brach there , runs so proud , " & c . So , also , our author in King Henry IV , P. I : " I'd rather hear Lady , my brach ...
... word is certainly used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as synonymous to bitch : " Venus your brach there , runs so proud , " & c . So , also , our author in King Henry IV , P. I : " I'd rather hear Lady , my brach ...
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