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 6Rwington, 1821 |
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... STEEVENS . appears This story was well known to the English poets before the time of Shakspeare . In an old collection of poems , called A gorgeous Gallery of gallant Inventions , 1578 , I find it mentioned : " Sir Romeus ' annoy but ...
... STEEVENS . appears This story was well known to the English poets before the time of Shakspeare . In an old collection of poems , called A gorgeous Gallery of gallant Inventions , 1578 , I find it mentioned : " Sir Romeus ' annoy but ...
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... STEEVENS . The little sword was probably nothing more than a dagger . MALONE . 3 Instead of this scene , in the quarto there is merely the fol- lowing stage direction : " They draw , to them enters Tybalt , they fight , to them the ...
... STEEVENS . The little sword was probably nothing more than a dagger . MALONE . 3 Instead of this scene , in the quarto there is merely the fol- lowing stage direction : " They draw , to them enters Tybalt , they fight , to them the ...
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... STEEVENS . 9 - thou canst not teach me to forget . ] " Of all afflictions taught a lover yet , " ' Tis sure the hardest science , to forget . " Pope's Eloisa . STEEVENS . I AND Montague is bound- ] This speech is not in the first quarto ...
... STEEVENS . 9 - thou canst not teach me to forget . ] " Of all afflictions taught a lover yet , " ' Tis sure the hardest science , to forget . " Pope's Eloisa . STEEVENS . I AND Montague is bound- ] This speech is not in the first quarto ...
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... STEEVENS . 4 She is the hopeful lady of my earth :) This line is not in the first edition . POPE . " She is the ... STEEVENS . The explanation of Mr. Steevens may be right ; but there is a passage in The Maid's Tragedy , which ...
... STEEVENS . 4 She is the hopeful lady of my earth :) This line is not in the first edition . POPE . " She is the ... STEEVENS . The explanation of Mr. Steevens may be right ; but there is a passage in The Maid's Tragedy , which ...
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... STEEVENS . - a man of wax . " Well made , as if he had been modelled in wax , as Mr. Steevens by a happy quotation has explained it . " When you , Lydia , praise the waxen arms of Telephus , " ( says Horace , ) [ Waxen , well shaped ...
... STEEVENS . - a man of wax . " Well made , as if he had been modelled in wax , as Mr. Steevens by a happy quotation has explained it . " When you , Lydia , praise the waxen arms of Telephus , " ( says Horace , ) [ Waxen , well shaped ...
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