The Plays of William Shakespeare ...J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... STEEVENS . Again , in Much Ado about Nothing : 4 " I were but little happy , If I could say how much . " 6 -bourn- ] Bound or limit . POPE . one that fixes So , in The Winter's Tale : 66 MALONE , " No bourn ' twixt his and mine . " STEEVENS ...
... STEEVENS . Again , in Much Ado about Nothing : 4 " I were but little happy , If I could say how much . " 6 -bourn- ] Bound or limit . POPE . one that fixes So , in The Winter's Tale : 66 MALONE , " No bourn ' twixt his and mine . " STEEVENS ...
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... STEEVENS . 2 Then , belike , my children shall have no names : ] If I have already had the best of my fortune , then ... STEEVENS . A line in our author's Rape of Lucrece confirms Mr. Steevens's interpretation : " Thy issue blurr'd ...
... STEEVENS . 2 Then , belike , my children shall have no names : ] If I have already had the best of my fortune , then ... STEEVENS . A line in our author's Rape of Lucrece confirms Mr. Steevens's interpretation : " Thy issue blurr'd ...
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... STEEVENS . The words lie ftill are opposed to earing ; quick means preg- nant ; and the sense of the passage is : " When our pregnant minds lie idle and untilled , they bring forth weeds ; but the telling us of our faults is a kind of ...
... STEEVENS . The words lie ftill are opposed to earing ; quick means preg- nant ; and the sense of the passage is : " When our pregnant minds lie idle and untilled , they bring forth weeds ; but the telling us of our faults is a kind of ...
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... STEEVENS . * It does from childishness : -- Can Fulvia die ? ] That Fulvia was mortal , Cleopatra could have no reason to doubt ; the meaning therefore of her question seems to be : Will there ever be an end of your excuses ? As often ...
... STEEVENS . * It does from childishness : -- Can Fulvia die ? ] That Fulvia was mortal , Cleopatra could have no reason to doubt ; the meaning therefore of her question seems to be : Will there ever be an end of your excuses ? As often ...
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... STEEVENS . 2 O most false love ! Where be the facred vials thou Should'st fill With forrowful water ? ] Alluding to the lachrymatory vials , or bottles of tears , which the Romans sometimes put into the urn of a friend . JOHNSON . So ...
... STEEVENS . 2 O most false love ! Where be the facred vials thou Should'st fill With forrowful water ? ] Alluding to the lachrymatory vials , or bottles of tears , which the Romans sometimes put into the urn of a friend . JOHNSON . So ...
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