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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66 3 Mercutio , ] Shakspeare appears to have formed this character on the following slight hint in the original story : -another gentleman called Mercutio , which was a courtlike gentleman , very wel beloved of all men , and by reason ...
66 3 Mercutio , ] Shakspeare appears to have formed this character on the following slight hint in the original story : -another gentleman called Mercutio , which was a courtlike gentleman , very wel beloved of all men , and by reason ...
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That Shakspeare was an enemy to these fooleries , appears from his writing none ; and that his plays discredited such entertainments , is more than probable . WARBUrton , The diversion going forward at present is not a masque , but a ...
That Shakspeare was an enemy to these fooleries , appears from his writing none ; and that his plays discredited such entertainments , is more than probable . WARBUrton , The diversion going forward at present is not a masque , but a ...
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It appears from a passage in one of the small collections of Poetry , entitled Drolleries , of which I have lost the title , that " Our sport is at the best , " or at the fairest , meant , we have had enough of it .
It appears from a passage in one of the small collections of Poetry , entitled Drolleries , of which I have lost the title , that " Our sport is at the best , " or at the fairest , meant , we have had enough of it .
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This passage is not worth a contest ; and yet if the conjunction or were retained , the meaning appears to be : -We'll draw thee from the mire ( says he ) or rather from this love wherein thou stick'st . Dr. Johnson has imputed a ...
This passage is not worth a contest ; and yet if the conjunction or were retained , the meaning appears to be : -We'll draw thee from the mire ( says he ) or rather from this love wherein thou stick'st . Dr. Johnson has imputed a ...
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In the Houshold Book of the Earls of Northumberland , compiled at the beginning of the same century , it appears that they were common to the tables of the first nobility . PERCY . To shift a trencher was technical .
In the Houshold Book of the Earls of Northumberland , compiled at the beginning of the same century , it appears that they were common to the tables of the first nobility . PERCY . To shift a trencher was technical .
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