The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volume 5 |
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... Steevens . stays me here at home unkept : ] We should read stys , i . e . keeps me like a brute . The following words - for call you that keeping - that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? confirms this emendation . So , Caliban ...
... Steevens . stays me here at home unkept : ] We should read stys , i . e . keeps me like a brute . The following words - for call you that keeping - that differs not from the stalling of an ox ? confirms this emendation . So , Caliban ...
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... Steevens . Naught and nought are frequently confounded in old English books . I once thought that the latter was here intended , in the sense affixed to it by Mr. Steevens : " Be content to be a cypher , till I shall elevate you into ...
... Steevens . Naught and nought are frequently confounded in old English books . I once thought that the latter was here intended , in the sense affixed to it by Mr. Steevens : " Be content to be a cypher , till I shall elevate you into ...
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... Steevens . -the duke's daughter , ] The words old and new [ inserted by Sir T. Hanmer ] seem necessary to the perspicuity of the dia- logue . Johnson . the duke's daughter , ] i . e . the banished duke's daughter . Malone . The author ...
... Steevens . -the duke's daughter , ] The words old and new [ inserted by Sir T. Hanmer ] seem necessary to the perspicuity of the dia- logue . Johnson . the duke's daughter , ] i . e . the banished duke's daughter . Malone . The author ...
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... Steevens . 8 -one out of suits with fortune ; ] This seems an allusion to cards , where he that has no more cards to play of any particular sort , is out of suit . Johnson . Out of suits with fortune , I believe , means , turned out of ...
... Steevens . 8 -one out of suits with fortune ; ] This seems an allusion to cards , where he that has no more cards to play of any particular sort , is out of suit . Johnson . Out of suits with fortune , I believe , means , turned out of ...
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... Steevens . Some change is absolutely necessary , for Rosalind , in a sub- sequent scene , expressly says that she is ... Steevens . 4 in a better world than this , ] So , in Coriolanus , Act III , sc . iii : There is a world elsewhere ...
... Steevens . Some change is absolutely necessary , for Rosalind , in a sub- sequent scene , expressly says that she is ... Steevens . 4 in a better world than this , ] So , in Coriolanus , Act III , sc . iii : There is a world elsewhere ...
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