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 14Rwington, 1821 |
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... signifies a dissolute man , a man worn out with disease and debauchery . But the signification is , I think , much more mo- dern than the proverb . Rakel , in Islandick , is said to mean a cur - dog , and this was probably the first use ...
... signifies a dissolute man , a man worn out with disease and debauchery . But the signification is , I think , much more mo- dern than the proverb . Rakel , in Islandick , is said to mean a cur - dog , and this was probably the first use ...
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... seu sparsos habere . All from the Latin capillus . Thus escheveler , schevel , skail ; but of a more general signification . See vol . ix . p . 115 , n . 5. STEEVENS . 6 1 CIT . Well , I'll hear it , sir SC . I. 9 CORIOLANUS .
... seu sparsos habere . All from the Latin capillus . Thus escheveler , schevel , skail ; but of a more general signification . See vol . ix . p . 115 , n . 5. STEEVENS . 6 1 CIT . Well , I'll hear it , sir SC . I. 9 CORIOLANUS .
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... signification as to dis- cuss ; but Theobald's emendation is so slight , and affords so clear a meaning , that I should be inclined to adopt it . BosWELL . DISGRACE with a tale : ] Disgraces are hardships , inju- JOHNSON . 9 ries . I ...
... signification as to dis- cuss ; but Theobald's emendation is so slight , and affords so clear a meaning , that I should be inclined to adopt it . BosWELL . DISGRACE with a tale : ] Disgraces are hardships , inju- JOHNSON . 9 ries . I ...
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... signified poison in Shakspeare's days . " So , in Romeo and Juliet : With baleful weeds and precious - juiced flowers . " 66 STEEVENS . This word was antiquated in Shakspeare's time , being marked as obsolete by Bullokar , in his ...
... signified poison in Shakspeare's days . " So , in Romeo and Juliet : With baleful weeds and precious - juiced flowers . " 66 STEEVENS . This word was antiquated in Shakspeare's time , being marked as obsolete by Bullokar , in his ...
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... signifies faction . Shouting their emulation , " may mean , ' expressing the triumph of their faction by shouts . ' Emulation , in our author , is sometimes used in an unfavourable sense , and not to imply an honest contest for superior ...
... signifies faction . Shouting their emulation , " may mean , ' expressing the triumph of their faction by shouts . ' Emulation , in our author , is sometimes used in an unfavourable sense , and not to imply an honest contest for superior ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient Antigonus Antony and Cleopatra appear Aufidius Autolycus bear beseech blood Bohemia BOSWELL called Camillo Cominius consul Coriolanus Corioli Cymbeline death editors emendation enemy Enter Exeunt eyes father fear friends give gods Hanmer hath hear heart Hermione honour JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry lady LART LARTIUS LEON Leontes lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth MALONE MASON means Menenius mother never noble old copy Othello passage PAUL Paulina peace Perdita perhaps play Plutarch Polixenes pr'ythee Pray prince queen Roman Rome SCENE second folio senate sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHEP SICINIUS signifies speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose sword tell thee Theobald thing thou art Timon of Athens tongue tribunes Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT voices Volces Volumnia WARBURTON wife Winter's Tale word worthy Сом