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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... means to say - after what fashion , beside that in which his own singularity of disposition invests him , he goes into the field . So , in Twelfth - Night : " Put thyself into the trick of singularity . " STEEVENS . -HATH been thought ...
... means to say - after what fashion , beside that in which his own singularity of disposition invests him , he goes into the field . So , in Twelfth - Night : " Put thyself into the trick of singularity . " STEEVENS . -HATH been thought ...
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... means a superficial display of gold , a word now obsolete . So , in King Henry V .: " Our gayness and our gilt , are all besmirch'd . " STEEVENS . 8 At Grecian swords ' contending . - Tell Valeria , ] The accu- racy of the first folio ...
... means a superficial display of gold , a word now obsolete . So , in King Henry V .: " Our gayness and our gilt , are all besmirch'd . " STEEVENS . 8 At Grecian swords ' contending . - Tell Valeria , ] The accu- racy of the first folio ...
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... means a pretty spot of embroidery . We often hear of spotted muslin . BosWELL . I MAMMOCKED it ! ] To mammock is to cut in pieces , or to tear . So , in The Devil's Charter , 1607 : “ That he were chopt in mammocks , I could eat him ...
... means a pretty spot of embroidery . We often hear of spotted muslin . BosWELL . I MAMMOCKED it ! ] To mammock is to cut in pieces , or to tear . So , in The Devil's Charter , 1607 : “ That he were chopt in mammocks , I could eat him ...
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... means no more than remain . HANMER . 4 - - prize their HOURS ] Mr. Pope arbitrarily changed the word hours to honours , and Dr. Johnson , too hastily I think , ap- proves of the alteration . Every page of Mr. Pope's edition abounds with ...
... means no more than remain . HANMER . 4 - - prize their HOURS ] Mr. Pope arbitrarily changed the word hours to honours , and Dr. Johnson , too hastily I think , ap- proves of the alteration . Every page of Mr. Pope's edition abounds with ...
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... mean , that as all the soldiers have offered to attend him on this expedition , and he wants only a part of them , he ... means only to say , that he would appoint four per- sons to select for his particular command or party , those who ...
... mean , that as all the soldiers have offered to attend him on this expedition , and he wants only a part of them , he ... means only to say , that he would appoint four per- sons to select for his particular command or party , those who ...
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