The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Twenty-one Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volumes 18-19J. Nichols and son, 1813 |
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... Go meet her , or else she'll be meet with me . ” Chapman has nearly the same phrase in his version of the 22d Iliad : 66 when- " Paris and Phoebus meet with thee " STEEVENS . MESS . A lord to a lord , a man 10 ACT I. MUCH ADO.
... Go meet her , or else she'll be meet with me . ” Chapman has nearly the same phrase in his version of the 22d Iliad : 66 when- " Paris and Phoebus meet with thee " STEEVENS . MESS . A lord to a lord , a man 10 ACT I. MUCH ADO.
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... phrases for a cuckold . In Lyly's Midas , we have an inventory of Motto's moveables : " Item , says Petulus , one paire of hornes in the bride - chamber on the bed's head . - The beast's head , observes Licio ; for Motto is ' stuff'd in ...
... phrases for a cuckold . In Lyly's Midas , we have an inventory of Motto's moveables : " Item , says Petulus , one paire of hornes in the bride - chamber on the bed's head . - The beast's head , observes Licio ; for Motto is ' stuff'd in ...
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... phrase used , I believe , by more than understand it . To be in one's books is to be in one's codicils or will , to be among friends set down for legacies . JOHNSON . I rather think that the books alluded to , are memorandum- books ...
... phrase used , I believe , by more than understand it . To be in one's books is to be in one's codicils or will , to be among friends set down for legacies . JOHNSON . I rather think that the books alluded to , are memorandum- books ...
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... phrase might have originated from the Herald's Office : " A herald , Kate ! oh , put me in thy books ! " After all , the following note in one of the Harleian MSS . No. 847 , may be the best illustration : " W. C. to Henry Fradsham ...
... phrase might have originated from the Herald's Office : " A herald , Kate ! oh , put me in thy books ! " After all , the following note in one of the Harleian MSS . No. 847 , may be the best illustration : " W. C. to Henry Fradsham ...
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... phrase is common in Dorset- shire : " Jack fathers himself ; " i . e . is like his father . STEEVENS . 6 Is it possible , disdain should die , while she hath such meet food to feed it , as signior Benedick ? ] A kindred thought oc- curs ...
... phrase is common in Dorset- shire : " Jack fathers himself ; " i . e . is like his father . STEEVENS . 6 Is it possible , disdain should die , while she hath such meet food to feed it , as signior Benedick ? ] A kindred thought oc- curs ...
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