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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... expression occurs in Decker's If this be not a good Play , the Devil is in it , 1612 : " . off with your Drablers and your Banners ; out with your 3 courses . " STEEVENS . merely ] In this place , signifies absolutely ; in which sense ...
... expression occurs in Decker's If this be not a good Play , the Devil is in it , 1612 : " . off with your Drablers and your Banners ; out with your 3 courses . " STEEVENS . merely ] In this place , signifies absolutely ; in which sense ...
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... expression is very frequent among our oldest writers . So , in The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan , bl . 1. no date , imprinted by Wm . Copland : " And also the more sooner to come , without prolixity , to the true Chronicles ...
... expression is very frequent among our oldest writers . So , in The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan , bl . 1. no date , imprinted by Wm . Copland : " And also the more sooner to come , without prolixity , to the true Chronicles ...
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... expression , I am told , is not uncommon in the midland counties . Thus , in Leicester's Commonwealth : " against the designments of the hasty Erle who thirsteth a kingdome with great intemperance . " Again , in Troilus and Cressida ...
... expression , I am told , is not uncommon in the midland counties . Thus , in Leicester's Commonwealth : " against the designments of the hasty Erle who thirsteth a kingdome with great intemperance . " Again , in Troilus and Cressida ...
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... expression is still used in the midland counties . MALONE . Come forth , thou tortoise ! when ? ] This interrogation , indica- tive of impatience in the highest degree , occurs also in King Richard II . Act I. sc . i .: " When , Harry ...
... expression is still used in the midland counties . MALONE . Come forth , thou tortoise ! when ? ] This interrogation , indica- tive of impatience in the highest degree , occurs also in King Richard II . Act I. sc . i .: " When , Harry ...
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... expressions . JOHNSON . As wicked dew- ] Wicked ; having baneful qualities . So Spenser says , wicked weed ; so , in opposition , we ' say herbs or medicines have virtues . Bacon mentions virtuous bezoar , and Dryden virtuous herbs ...
... expressions . JOHNSON . As wicked dew- ] Wicked ; having baneful qualities . So Spenser says , wicked weed ; so , in opposition , we ' say herbs or medicines have virtues . Bacon mentions virtuous bezoar , and Dryden virtuous herbs ...
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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