The Plays of William Shakespeare ...J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Page 15
... fignifies , to be a triumphant cuckold ; a cuckold who will confider his flate as an honourable one . Thus , says Benedick , in Much Ado about Nothing : " There is no ftaff more honourable than one tipt with horn . " - We are not to ...
... fignifies , to be a triumphant cuckold ; a cuckold who will confider his flate as an honourable one . Thus , says Benedick , in Much Ado about Nothing : " There is no ftaff more honourable than one tipt with horn . " - We are not to ...
Page 24
... fignifying either arable lands , or the instruments of husbandry used in tilling them . Earing fignifies plowing both here and in page 48. So , in Genesis , c . xlv : " Yet there are five years , in the which there shall neither be ...
... fignifying either arable lands , or the instruments of husbandry used in tilling them . Earing fignifies plowing both here and in page 48. So , in Genesis , c . xlv : " Yet there are five years , in the which there shall neither be ...
Page 45
... fignifies omiffion , or non - performance : " Mark , and perform it . See'st thou ? for the fail " Of any point in't , shall not only be " Death to thyself , " & c . Yet , on the whole , I prefer Mr. Malone's conjecture . STEEVENS , So ...
... fignifies omiffion , or non - performance : " Mark , and perform it . See'st thou ? for the fail " Of any point in't , shall not only be " Death to thyself , " & c . Yet , on the whole , I prefer Mr. Malone's conjecture . STEEVENS , So ...
Page 155
... the best kind of comfort that Octavia can receive . MALONE . This elliptical phrafe , I believe , only fignifies - May the best of comfort be yours ! STEEVENS . In his abominations , turns you off ; And gives ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 155.
... the best kind of comfort that Octavia can receive . MALONE . This elliptical phrafe , I believe , only fignifies - May the best of comfort be yours ! STEEVENS . In his abominations , turns you off ; And gives ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA . 155.
Page 160
... great , & c . but they were light of yarage . " Yare generally fignifies , dextrous , manageable . See Vol . IV . p . 5 , n . 2 . STEEVENS . The abfolute foldiership you have by land ; Distract your 160 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA .
... great , & c . but they were light of yarage . " Yare generally fignifies , dextrous , manageable . See Vol . IV . p . 5 , n . 2 . STEEVENS . The abfolute foldiership you have by land ; Distract your 160 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA .
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