The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 18J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... of Syr Eglamoure of Artoys : " He swore by him that harrowed hell . " Milton has adopted this phrase in his Comus : " Amaz'd I stood , harrow'd with grief and fear . " STEEVENS . MAR . Is it not like the king ? HOR 10 ACT I. HAMLET ,
... of Syr Eglamoure of Artoys : " He swore by him that harrowed hell . " Milton has adopted this phrase in his Comus : " Amaz'd I stood , harrow'd with grief and fear . " STEEVENS . MAR . Is it not like the king ? HOR 10 ACT I. HAMLET ,
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... phrase " To cry with one eye and laugh with the other , " buckram'd by our author for the service of tragedy . See Ray's Collection , edit . 1768 , p . 188. STEEVENS . Dropping in this line probably means depressed or cast down- wards ...
... phrase " To cry with one eye and laugh with the other , " buckram'd by our author for the service of tragedy . See Ray's Collection , edit . 1768 , p . 188. STEEVENS . Dropping in this line probably means depressed or cast down- wards ...
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... phrase for what are you doing . JOHNSON . See Vol . VIII . p . 4 , n . 7. STEEVENS . good even , sir . ] So the copies . Sir Thomas Hanmer and Dr. Warburton put it - good morning . The alteration is of no importance , but all licence is ...
... phrase for what are you doing . JOHNSON . See Vol . VIII . p . 4 , n . 7. STEEVENS . good even , sir . ] So the copies . Sir Thomas Hanmer and Dr. Warburton put it - good morning . The alteration is of no importance , but all licence is ...
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... phrase- ology has been substituted for one more ancient , in that valuable copy . MALOne . • In my mind's eye , ] This expression occurs again in our author's Rape of Lucrece : 66 himself behind " Was left unseen , save to the eye of ...
... phrase- ology has been substituted for one more ancient , in that valuable copy . MALOne . • In my mind's eye , ] This expression occurs again in our author's Rape of Lucrece : 66 himself behind " Was left unseen , save to the eye of ...
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... phrase for evading the law . STEEVENS . Cautel is subtlety or deceit . Minsheu in his Dictionary , 1617 , defines it , " A crafty way to deceive . " The word is again used by Shakspeare , in A Lover's Complaint : " In him a plenitude of ...
... phrase for evading the law . STEEVENS . Cautel is subtlety or deceit . Minsheu in his Dictionary , 1617 , defines it , " A crafty way to deceive . " The word is again used by Shakspeare , in A Lover's Complaint : " In him a plenitude of ...
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