The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Issue 5G. Kearsley [Printed, 1806 |
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... - tween Catherine and Petruchio . The title of this play was probably taken from an old story , entitled , The Wyf lapped in Morells skin , or The Taming of a Shrew . STEEVENS . Persons Represented . A LORD . the Induc- CHRISTOPHER SLY.
... - tween Catherine and Petruchio . The title of this play was probably taken from an old story , entitled , The Wyf lapped in Morells skin , or The Taming of a Shrew . STEEVENS . Persons Represented . A LORD . the Induc- CHRISTOPHER SLY.
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... Fallstaff says that John of Gaunt burst Shallow's head for crowding in among the marshal's men . STEEVENS . 4 Go by , says Jeronimy ; ] This passage has parti- VOL . V. I cular humour in it , and must have been very ANNOTATIONS.
... Fallstaff says that John of Gaunt burst Shallow's head for crowding in among the marshal's men . STEEVENS . 4 Go by , says Jeronimy ; ] This passage has parti- VOL . V. I cular humour in it , and must have been very ANNOTATIONS.
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... STEEVENS . -the poor cur is emboss'd . ] Emboss'd is a term of the chace . When a dog by long hunting foams at the mouth , he is said to be embossed . 7 And when he says he is - say that he dreams . ] One can hardly conceive that he ...
... STEEVENS . -the poor cur is emboss'd . ] Emboss'd is a term of the chace . When a dog by long hunting foams at the mouth , he is said to be embossed . 7 And when he says he is - say that he dreams . ] One can hardly conceive that he ...
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... STEEVENS . 12 -of Burton - Heath- Marian Hacket , the fat ale - wife of Wincot . ] I suspect we should read Barton - Heath . Barton and Woodmancot , or , as it is vulgarly pronounced , Woncot , are both of them in Gloucestershire , near ...
... STEEVENS . 12 -of Burton - Heath- Marian Hacket , the fat ale - wife of Wincot . ] I suspect we should read Barton - Heath . Barton and Woodmancot , or , as it is vulgarly pronounced , Woncot , are both of them in Gloucestershire , near ...
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... STEEVENS . 14 - Aristotle's checks , ] are , I suppose , the harsh rules of Aristotle . STEEVENS . 15 A pretty peat ! ] Peat or pet is a word of endear- ment from petit , little , as if it meant pretty little thing . JOHNSON . This word ...
... STEEVENS . 14 - Aristotle's checks , ] are , I suppose , the harsh rules of Aristotle . STEEVENS . 15 A pretty peat ! ] Peat or pet is a word of endear- ment from petit , little , as if it meant pretty little thing . JOHNSON . This word ...
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