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Page 139
... Steevens conjectured " entrants , " but afterwards adopted Mason's suggestion of " Erinnys . " Coleridge endorsed Theobald's explanation of thirsty entrance as referring to the dry penetrability of the soil , and added that " the ...
... Steevens conjectured " entrants , " but afterwards adopted Mason's suggestion of " Erinnys . " Coleridge endorsed Theobald's explanation of thirsty entrance as referring to the dry penetrability of the soil , and added that " the ...
Page 140
... Steevens objected to the expression levy as far as to as " unexampled , if not corrupt ; " but Gifford cites Gosson , Schoole of Abuse , 1587 : “ Scipio , before he levied his force to the walles of Carthage , " etc. 28. Is a ...
... Steevens objected to the expression levy as far as to as " unexampled , if not corrupt ; " but Gifford cites Gosson , Schoole of Abuse , 1587 : “ Scipio , before he levied his force to the walles of Carthage , " etc. 28. Is a ...
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... ( Steevens ) , or " lay by your arms " ( Warb . ) , or " throw off your load " ( Schmidt ) . As a nautical term , it means to slacken sail . Ċf . Hen . VIII . iii . 1. 1 1 : that is , became still . 34. Bring in . " Even the billows of ...
... ( Steevens ) , or " lay by your arms " ( Warb . ) , or " throw off your load " ( Schmidt ) . As a nautical term , it means to slacken sail . Ċf . Hen . VIII . iii . 1. 1 1 : that is , became still . 34. Bring in . " Even the billows of ...
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... Steevens quotes Macb . ii . 4. 7 : And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp . ' 190. But when they seldom come , etc. Cf. Sonn . 52. 5 : " Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare , Since , seldom coming , in the long year set ...
... Steevens quotes Macb . ii . 4. 7 : And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp . ' 190. But when they seldom come , etc. Cf. Sonn . 52. 5 : " Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare , Since , seldom coming , in the long year set ...
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... Steevens remarks : ' In our ancient translations of physical treatises , dolor ventris is commonly called belly - grief . " 56. God save the mark ! A deprecatory exclamation . See R. and J. p . 186 . 22 58. Parmaceti . The spelling of ...
... Steevens remarks : ' In our ancient translations of physical treatises , dolor ventris is commonly called belly - grief . " 56. God save the mark ! A deprecatory exclamation . See R. and J. p . 186 . 22 58. Parmaceti . The spelling of ...
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Page 34 - I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world...
Page 73 - And dress'd myself in such humility That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths, Even in the presence of the crowned King.
Page 36 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Page 87 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 63 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 34 - So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Page 41 - By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrival, all her dignities : But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship ! Wor.
Page 35 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners ; But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom...
Page 17 - This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth...
Page 130 - I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the north, he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life, I want work'.