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And it is the outward not the inward change that is here talked of , as ap- pears from the word seem . We should read therefore : 66 our brows " No more obey the heavens , " & c . which is evident from the precedent words : " You do not ...
And it is the outward not the inward change that is here talked of , as ap- pears from the word seem . We should read therefore : 66 our brows " No more obey the heavens , " & c . which is evident from the precedent words : " You do not ...
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... to the word courtiers , which appears to be a modern innovation , and ought to be corrected . The meaning of it is this : - " Our dispositions no more obey the heavens than our courtiers do ; they still seem as the king's does .
... to the word courtiers , which appears to be a modern innovation , and ought to be corrected . The meaning of it is this : - " Our dispositions no more obey the heavens than our courtiers do ; they still seem as the king's does .
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To sear up , is properly to close up by burning ; but in this passage the poet may have dropped that idea , and used the word simply for to close up . STEEVENS . May not sear up , here mean solder up , and the reference be to a lead ...
To sear up , is properly to close up by burning ; but in this passage the poet may have dropped that idea , and used the word simply for to close up . STEEVENS . May not sear up , here mean solder up , and the reference be to a lead ...
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39 66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline meant to say that his daughter's conduct made him ...
39 66 I prefer the additional word introduced by Sir Thomas Hanmer , to all the other attempts at emendation . Many a year's age , ' is an idea of some weight : but if Cymbeline meant to say that his daughter's conduct made him ...
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9 or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt two charming words , ] Dr. Warburton pronounces as absolutely as if he had been present at their parting , that these two charming words were - adieu Posthumus ...
9 or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt two charming words , ] Dr. Warburton pronounces as absolutely as if he had been present at their parting , that these two charming words were - adieu Posthumus ...
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answer APEM Apemantus appears Athens believe better called Cloten comes common Cymbeline dead death edition editors emendation Enter Exit expression eyes false fear folio fool fortune give given gods gold hand Hanmer hath hear heart heaven Henry honour IACH Imogen Italy JOHNSON keep kind King lady leave less live look lord MALONE MASON master means Measure metre mind mistress nature never noble observed occurs old copy once passage Perhaps person play poet poor POST Posthumus present Queen Roman says SCENE seems seen Senators sense SERV servant Shakspeare speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose sure tell thee thing Thomas thou thou art thought Timon true villain WARBURTON
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | James Boswell |
| Illustrated by | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
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