The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 4J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Mason observes , is to the manner in which the winds were represented in ancient prints and pictures . STEEVENS . Play the men . ] i . e . act with spirit , behave like men . So , in Chapman's translation of the second Iliad : " Which ...
... Mason observes , is to the manner in which the winds were represented in ancient prints and pictures . STEEVENS . Play the men . ] i . e . act with spirit , behave like men . So , in Chapman's translation of the second Iliad : " Which ...
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... Mason's note on this passage . In another place ( a note on Othello ) Mr. M. Mason observes , that Shakspeare had probably in view , when he wrote the passage before us , " the manner in which Tarquin conveyed to Sextus his advice to ...
... Mason's note on this passage . In another place ( a note on Othello ) Mr. M. Mason observes , that Shakspeare had probably in view , when he wrote the passage before us , " the manner in which Tarquin conveyed to Sextus his advice to ...
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... MASON . There is a very singular coincidence between this passage and one in Bacon's History of King Henry VII . [ Perkin Warbeck ] " did in all things notably acquit himself ; insomuch as it was generally believed , that he was indeed ...
... MASON . There is a very singular coincidence between this passage and one in Bacon's History of King Henry VII . [ Perkin Warbeck ] " did in all things notably acquit himself ; insomuch as it was generally believed , that he was indeed ...
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... MASON . - cried out- ] Perhaps we should read - cried on't . STEEVENS . a hint , ] Hint is suggestion . So , in the beginning speech of the second act : 66 our hint of woe " Is common A similar thought occurs in Antony and Cleopatra ...
... MASON . - cried out- ] Perhaps we should read - cried on't . STEEVENS . a hint , ] Hint is suggestion . So , in the beginning speech of the second act : 66 our hint of woe " Is common A similar thought occurs in Antony and Cleopatra ...
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... Mason , however , observes that " the word sustaining in this place does not mean supporting , but enduring ; and by their sustaining garments , Ariel means their garments which bore , without being injured , the drenching of the sea ...
... Mason , however , observes that " the word sustaining in this place does not mean supporting , but enduring ; and by their sustaining garments , Ariel means their garments which bore , without being injured , the drenching of the sea ...
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Æneid ancient Antony and Cleopatra Ariel Caliban called comedy Demetrius dost doth DUKE edit emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fairy Queen gentle Gentlemen of Verona give grace hath hear heart Helena Hermia JOHNSON Julia King Henry lady LAUN Launce lion lord lover Lysander madam MALONE MASON master means Measure for Measure metre Milan MIRA mistress moon musick never night Oberon observes old copy reads Othello passage perhaps play poet pray Prospero Proteus PUCK Pyramus quarto QUIN Richard III RITSON scene second folio sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew signifies Silvia sleep song speak SPEED Spenser spirit STEEVENS Stephano strange supposed sweet tell Tempest thee Theobald Theseus thing Thisbe thou art thou hast Thurio Titania translation TRIN Trinculo unto Valentine Warburton word