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 Instead of this scene , in the quarto there is merely the following stage direction : They draw , to them enters Tybalt , they fight , to them the Prince , old Montague and his wife , old Capulet and his wife , and other citizens ...
66 3 Instead of this scene , in the quarto there is merely the following stage direction : They draw , to them enters Tybalt , they fight , to them the Prince , old Montague and his wife , old Capulet and his wife , and other citizens ...
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Had Dr. Johnson attended to the letter of invitation in the next scene , he would have found that Rosaline was niece to Capulet . ANONYMOUS . Every sonnetteer characterises Love by contrarieties . Watson begins one of his canzonets ...
Had Dr. Johnson attended to the letter of invitation in the next scene , he would have found that Rosaline was niece to Capulet . ANONYMOUS . Every sonnetteer characterises Love by contrarieties . Watson begins one of his canzonets ...
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There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
There is in her too much sanctimonious wisdom united with beauty , which induces her to continue chaste with the hopes of attaining heavenly bliss . MALONE . None of the following speeches of this scene are in the first edition of 1597.
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SCENE II . A Street . Enter CAPULET , PARIS , and Servant . CAP . And Montague is bound1 as well as I , In penalty alike ; and ' tis not hard , I think , For men so old as we to keep the peace . ( PAR . Of honourable reckoning are you ...
SCENE II . A Street . Enter CAPULET , PARIS , and Servant . CAP . And Montague is bound1 as well as I , In penalty alike ; and ' tis not hard , I think , For men so old as we to keep the peace . ( PAR . Of honourable reckoning are you ...
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Reckoning for estimation , is used before in this very scene : STEEVENS . " Of honourable reckoning are you both . " This interpretation is fully supported by a passage in Measure for Measure : 66 Our compell'd sins " Stand more for ...
Reckoning for estimation , is used before in this very scene : STEEVENS . " Of honourable reckoning are you both . " This interpretation is fully supported by a passage in Measure for Measure : 66 Our compell'd sins " Stand more for ...
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