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 6 |
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2 Give me my LONG SWORD , ] The long sword was the sword used in war , which was sometimes wielded with both hands . JOHNSON . See Merry Wives of Windsor , Act . II . Sc . I. MALONE . • L SH 73 ܕܝܐ " n www Ny N : # 22 2225 21 7.3 " 1 ...
2 Give me my LONG SWORD , ] The long sword was the sword used in war , which was sometimes wielded with both hands . JOHNSON . See Merry Wives of Windsor , Act . II . Sc . I. MALONE . • L SH 73 ܕܝܐ " n www Ny N : # 22 2225 21 7.3 " 1 ...
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Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow , We would as willingly give cure , as know . ( ) Enter ROMEO , at a distance . BEN . See , where he comes : So please you , step aside ; I'll know his grievance , or be much denied .
Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow , We would as willingly give cure , as know . ( ) Enter ROMEO , at a distance . BEN . See , where he comes : So please you , step aside ; I'll know his grievance , or be much denied .
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The quarto , 1597 , reads : 66 Should , without laws , give path - ways to our will ! " i . e . being lawless itself , prescribe laws to others . STEEVENS . This passage seems to have been misapprehended . Benvolio has lamented that the ...
The quarto , 1597 , reads : 66 Should , without laws , give path - ways to our will ! " i . e . being lawless itself , prescribe laws to others . STEEVENS . This passage seems to have been misapprehended . Benvolio has lamented that the ...
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This is the matter : -Nurse , give leave awhile , Your mother . Madam , I am here . * Quartos A , B , seems . Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse . ] In all the old copies the greater part of this scene was printed as prose .
This is the matter : -Nurse , give leave awhile , Your mother . Madam , I am here . * Quartos A , B , seems . Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse . ] In all the old copies the greater part of this scene was printed as prose .
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Give me a torch 1 - I am not for this am1 bling ; 5 Bearing a TARTAR's painted bow of lath , ] The Tartarian bows , as well as most of those used by the Asiatick nations , resemble in their form the old Roman or Cupid's bow , such as we ...
Give me a torch 1 - I am not for this am1 bling ; 5 Bearing a TARTAR's painted bow of lath , ] The Tartarian bows , as well as most of those used by the Asiatick nations , resemble in their form the old Roman or Cupid's bow , such as we ...
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