The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 15Rwington, 1821 |
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Page 36
... Holinshed in his Chronicle , in 1586 , vol . i . p . 155 : " After this was Edwin , the kings brother , accused of some conspiracie by him begun against the king : wherupon he was banished the land ; and sent out in an old rotten vessel ...
... Holinshed in his Chronicle , in 1586 , vol . i . p . 155 : " After this was Edwin , the kings brother , accused of some conspiracie by him begun against the king : wherupon he was banished the land ; and sent out in an old rotten vessel ...
Page 100
... Holinshed , p . 705 : " In this yeare also , a house on London Bridge , called the common siege , or privie , fell downe into the Thames . " A moon - calf is an inanimate shapeless mass , supposed by Pliny to be engendered of woman only ...
... Holinshed , p . 705 : " In this yeare also , a house on London Bridge , called the common siege , or privie , fell downe into the Thames . " A moon - calf is an inanimate shapeless mass , supposed by Pliny to be engendered of woman only ...
Page 151
... Holinshed . TOLLETT . 8 I ' the FILTHY mantled pool- ] Perhaps we should read— filth - ymantled . A similar idea occurs in King Lear : " Drinks the green mantle of the standing pool . " STEEVENS . 9 For STALE to catch these thieves ...
... Holinshed . TOLLETT . 8 I ' the FILTHY mantled pool- ] Perhaps we should read— filth - ymantled . A similar idea occurs in King Lear : " Drinks the green mantle of the standing pool . " STEEVENS . 9 For STALE to catch these thieves ...
Page 155
... Holinshed , ( vol . i . p . 38 , ) who declares himself to have seen the feathers of these barnacles " hang out of the shell at least two inches . " And in the 27th song of Drayton's Polyolbion , the same account of their generation is ...
... Holinshed , ( vol . i . p . 38 , ) who declares himself to have seen the feathers of these barnacles " hang out of the shell at least two inches . " And in the 27th song of Drayton's Polyolbion , the same account of their generation is ...
Page 156
... Holinshed for that of Harrison , whose statement is not so ridiculous as Mr. Collins would make it , and who might certainly have seen the feathers of the barnacles hanging out of the shells , as the fish barnacle or Lepas anatifera is ...
... Holinshed for that of Harrison , whose statement is not so ridiculous as Mr. Collins would make it , and who might certainly have seen the feathers of the barnacles hanging out of the shells , as the fish barnacle or Lepas anatifera is ...
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