The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 12J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... poor jade ] Poor jade is ufed , not in contempt , but in compaffion . Poor jade means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , feems anciently to have fignified what we now call a hackney ; a beaft employed in drudgery ...
... poor jade ] Poor jade is ufed , not in contempt , but in compaffion . Poor jade means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , feems anciently to have fignified what we now call a hackney ; a beaft employed in drudgery ...
Page 34
... poor as Job , my lord ; but not fo patient : your lordship may minifter the potion of imprisonment to me , in respect of poverty ; but how I fhould be your patient to follow your pre- fcriptions , the wife may make fome dram of a ...
... poor as Job , my lord ; but not fo patient : your lordship may minifter the potion of imprisonment to me , in respect of poverty ; but how I fhould be your patient to follow your pre- fcriptions , the wife may make fome dram of a ...
Page 36
... poor quibble upon the word wax , which fignifies increase as well as the matter of the honey- comb . JOHNSON . The fame quibble has already occurred in Love's Labour's Loft , A & V. fc . ii : " That was the way to make his godhead wax ...
... poor quibble upon the word wax , which fignifies increase as well as the matter of the honey- comb . JOHNSON . The fame quibble has already occurred in Love's Labour's Loft , A & V. fc . ii : " That was the way to make his godhead wax ...
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... poor lone woman to bear : i . e . a hundred mark is a good round fum for a poor widow to venture on truft . THEOBALD . for a poor lone woman to bear : and I 50 SECOND PART OF.
... poor lone woman to bear : i . e . a hundred mark is a good round fum for a poor widow to venture on truft . THEOBALD . for a poor lone woman to bear : and I 50 SECOND PART OF.
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