The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Steevens . which is daughter to master George Page . ] The old copy reads - Thomas Page . STEEVENS . The whole set of editions have negligently blundered one after another in Page's Christian name in this place ; though Mrs. Page calls ...
... Steevens . which is daughter to master George Page . ] The old copy reads - Thomas Page . STEEVENS . The whole set of editions have negligently blundered one after another in Page's Christian name in this place ; though Mrs. Page calls ...
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... STEEVENS . Mr. Ritson supposes the present reading to be just , and quite in Falstaff's insolent sneering manner . " It would be much better , indeed , to have it known in the council , where you would only be laughed at . " REED . The ...
... STEEVENS . Mr. Ritson supposes the present reading to be just , and quite in Falstaff's insolent sneering manner . " It would be much better , indeed , to have it known in the council , where you would only be laughed at . " REED . The ...
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... STEEVENS . 3 coney - catching rascals , ] A coney - catcher was , in the time of Elizabeth , a common name for a cheat or sharper . Green , one of the first among us who made a trade of writing pamphlets , published A Detection of the ...
... STEEVENS . 3 coney - catching rascals , ] A coney - catcher was , in the time of Elizabeth , a common name for a cheat or sharper . Green , one of the first among us who made a trade of writing pamphlets , published A Detection of the ...
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... STEEVENS . How now , Mephostophilus ? ] This is the name of a spirit or familiar , in the old story book of Sir John Faustus , or John Faust : to whom our author afterwards alludes , Act II . sc . ii . That it was a cant phrase of abuse ...
... STEEVENS . How now , Mephostophilus ? ] This is the name of a spirit or familiar , in the old story book of Sir John Faustus , or John Faust : to whom our author afterwards alludes , Act II . sc . ii . That it was a cant phrase of abuse ...
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... STEEVENS . There are few words in the old copies more frequently mis- printed than the word hear . Thy lips , " however , is certainly right , as appears from the old quarto : " I do retort the lie even in thy gorge , thy gorge , thy ...
... STEEVENS . There are few words in the old copies more frequently mis- printed than the word hear . Thy lips , " however , is certainly right , as appears from the old quarto : " I do retort the lie even in thy gorge , thy gorge , thy ...
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