The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... fenfe of the word which must have been unknown to Shakspeare , but was familiar to Jonfon . STEEVENS . 6 Think , ye fee The very perfons of our noble ftory , ] Why the rhyme should have been interrupted here , when it was fo cafily to ...
... fenfe of the word which must have been unknown to Shakspeare , but was familiar to Jonfon . STEEVENS . 6 Think , ye fee The very perfons of our noble ftory , ] Why the rhyme should have been interrupted here , when it was fo cafily to ...
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... fenfe may be given to thefe obfcure lines . " I am but the fhadow of poor Buckingham : and even the figure or outline of this fhadow begins now to fade away , being extin- guished by this impending cloud , which darkens ( or interpofes ...
... fenfe may be given to thefe obfcure lines . " I am but the fhadow of poor Buckingham : and even the figure or outline of this fhadow begins now to fade away , being extin- guished by this impending cloud , which darkens ( or interpofes ...
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... fenfe of the word are given in a note on Romeo and Juliet , A & I. fc . iii . STEEVENS . To cope- ] To engage with ; to encounter . The word is fill used in fome counties . JOHNSON . So , in As you like it : " I love to cope him in ...
... fenfe of the word are given in a note on Romeo and Juliet , A & I. fc . iii . STEEVENS . To cope- ] To engage with ; to encounter . The word is fill used in fome counties . JOHNSON . So , in As you like it : " I love to cope him in ...
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... fenfe is only , that the travelled English- men were metamorphofed , by foreign fashions , into fuch an un- couth appearance , that they looked like mummers in a mystery . JOHNSON . That myfteries is the genuine reading , [ Dr ...
... fenfe is only , that the travelled English- men were metamorphofed , by foreign fashions , into fuch an un- couth appearance , that they looked like mummers in a mystery . JOHNSON . That myfteries is the genuine reading , [ Dr ...
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... So , in The Comedy of Errors : 66 Why at this time the doors are made against you . " i . e , clofed , but . The fenfe will then be ( whether quaintly , or You met him half in heaven : my vows and KING HENRY VIII . 61.
... So , in The Comedy of Errors : 66 Why at this time the doors are made against you . " i . e , clofed , but . The fenfe will then be ( whether quaintly , or You met him half in heaven : my vows and KING HENRY VIII . 61.
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