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 14 |
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Page 14
Mr. M. Mason judiciously observes that blood , in all these passages , is applied to deer , for a lean deer is called a rascal ; and that " worst in blood , " is least in vigour . STEEVENS . Both rascal and in blood are terms of the ...
Mr. M. Mason judiciously observes that blood , in all these passages , is applied to deer , for a lean deer is called a rascal ; and that " worst in blood , " is least in vigour . STEEVENS . Both rascal and in blood are terms of the ...
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Mr. M. Mason observes that " bale , as well as bane , signified poison in Shakspeare's days . " So , in Romeo and Juliet : 66 With baleful weeds and precious - juiced flowers . " STEEVENS . This word was antiquated in Shakspeare's time ...
Mr. M. Mason observes that " bale , as well as bane , signified poison in Shakspeare's days . " So , in Romeo and Juliet : 66 With baleful weeds and precious - juiced flowers . " STEEVENS . This word was antiquated in Shakspeare's time ...
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To gird , as an anonymous correspondent observes to me , “ in some parts of England means to push vehemently . So , when a ram pushes at any thing with his head , they say he girds at it . " To gird likewise signified , to pluck or ...
To gird , as an anonymous correspondent observes to me , “ in some parts of England means to push vehemently . So , when a ram pushes at any thing with his head , they say he girds at it . " To gird likewise signified , to pluck or ...
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... but it appears to me only such as every page of these plays furnishes ; and the foregoing interpretation is in my opinion undoubtedly the true one . An anonymous correspondent justly observes , that the words mean , " the whip that ...
... but it appears to me only such as every page of these plays furnishes ; and the foregoing interpretation is in my opinion undoubtedly the true one . An anonymous correspondent justly observes , that the words mean , " the whip that ...
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The truth is this the passage , as Mr. Pope observes above , was taken from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus ; who , speaking of the ... which our author's haste not giving him leave to observe , has here confounded one with the other .
The truth is this the passage , as Mr. Pope observes above , was taken from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus ; who , speaking of the ... which our author's haste not giving him leave to observe , has here confounded one with the other .
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