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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Page 10
... believe that the words be naught awhile , mean no more than this : " Be content to be a cypher , till I shall think fit to elevate you into consequence . " This was certainly a proverbial saying . I find it in The Storie of King Darius ...
... believe that the words be naught awhile , mean no more than this : " Be content to be a cypher , till I shall think fit to elevate you into consequence . " This was certainly a proverbial saying . I find it in The Storie of King Darius ...
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... believe the whole conceit is in the poor resemblance of presence and presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion of Le Beau's speech . Mr. Edwards ridicules Dr. Warburton , " As if people carried such ...
... believe the whole conceit is in the poor resemblance of presence and presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion of Le Beau's speech . Mr. Edwards ridicules Dr. Warburton , " As if people carried such ...
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... believe , means , turned out of her service , and stripped of her livery . Steevens . So afterwards , Celia says , " but turning these jests out of service , let us talk in good earnest . " Malone . 9 Is but a quintain , a mere lifeless ...
... believe , means , turned out of her service , and stripped of her livery . Steevens . So afterwards , Celia says , " but turning these jests out of service , let us talk in good earnest . " Malone . 9 Is but a quintain , a mere lifeless ...
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... believe we should read - brother's . For when the Duke says in the following words : " Fetch that gallant hither ; " he certainly means Orlando . M. Mason . 8 quail - ] To quail is to faint , to sink into dejection . So , in Cymbeline ...
... believe we should read - brother's . For when the Duke says in the following words : " Fetch that gallant hither ; " he certainly means Orlando . M. Mason . 8 quail - ] To quail is to faint , to sink into dejection . So , in Cymbeline ...
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... believe , however , bony to be the true reading . Malone . 3 to some kind of men - ] Old copy - seeme kind . Correct- ed by the editor of the second folio . Malone . The enemy of all your graces lives : Your brother- AS YOU LIKE IT . 39.
... believe , however , bony to be the true reading . Malone . 3 to some kind of men - ] Old copy - seeme kind . Correct- ed by the editor of the second folio . Malone . The enemy of all your graces lives : Your brother- AS YOU LIKE IT . 39.
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Antony and Cleopatra Audrey believe Bertram better brother called Celia Clown Count Countess Cymbeline daughter Diana doth Duke F editor emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fear fool forest fortune give grace Hanmer hast hath heart heaven Helena Henley honest honour humour Jaques Johnson King Henry knave lady Lafeu live Lord Love's Labour's Lost madam maid Malone marry Mason meaning Measure for Measure Midsummer Night's Dream mistress nature never old copy reads Orlando Othello Parolles passage Phebe play poet poor pr'ythee pray quintain ring Rosalind Rousillon scene second folio sense Shakspeare signifies speak speech Steevens swear sweet sweet Oliver thee Theobald thine thing thou art Touch Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Tyrwhitt virginity virtue Warburton wife Winter's Tale woman word young youth