The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... terrestriall , " And whilome by false faries stolen away , " Whyles yet in infant cradle he did crall , " & c . Edit . 1590 , Book III . c . iii . st . 26 . ledge of the old comedy , and his etymological learn- LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 25.
... terrestriall , " And whilome by false faries stolen away , " Whyles yet in infant cradle he did crall , " & c . Edit . 1590 , Book III . c . iii . st . 26 . ledge of the old comedy , and his etymological learn- LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 25.
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... comedy , and his etymological learn- ing in the word , Desdemona.s Surely poor Mr. Upton was very little acquainted with fairies , notwithstanding his laborious study of Spenser . The last authentick account of them is from our ...
... comedy , and his etymological learn- ing in the word , Desdemona.s Surely poor Mr. Upton was very little acquainted with fairies , notwithstanding his laborious study of Spenser . The last authentick account of them is from our ...
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... comedian . " - Here again I suppose , in some transcript , the real publisher's name , William Sheares , was abbreviated . No one hath protracted the life of Shakspeare beyond 1616 , except Mr. Hume ; who is pleased to add a year to it ...
... comedian . " - Here again I suppose , in some transcript , the real publisher's name , William Sheares , was abbreviated . No one hath protracted the life of Shakspeare beyond 1616 , except Mr. Hume ; who is pleased to add a year to it ...
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... comedy of The Brothers , 1652 , describes Jacinta at vespers : " Her eye did seem to labour with a tear , " Which suddenly took birth , but overweigh'd " With its own swelling , drop'd upon her bosome ; " Which by reflexion of her light ...
... comedy of The Brothers , 1652 , describes Jacinta at vespers : " Her eye did seem to labour with a tear , " Which suddenly took birth , but overweigh'd " With its own swelling , drop'd upon her bosome ; " Which by reflexion of her light ...
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... Comedy of Errors is in great measure founded on the Menæchmi of Plautus ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of ...
... Comedy of Errors is in great measure founded on the Menæchmi of Plautus ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of ...
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