The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 4J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... RITSON . See Howell's Dict . 1660 , in v . to meddle ; " se mesler de . ” MALONE . * Lie there my art . ] Sir Will . Cecil , lord Burleigh , lord high treasurer , & c . in the reign of queen Elizabeth , when he put off his gown at night ...
... RITSON . See Howell's Dict . 1660 , in v . to meddle ; " se mesler de . ” MALONE . * Lie there my art . ] Sir Will . Cecil , lord Burleigh , lord high treasurer , & c . in the reign of queen Elizabeth , when he put off his gown at night ...
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... Ritson , who judiciously pro- poses to omit the words now ejected from the text . STEEVENS , And suck'd my verdure out on't . ] So , in Arthur Hall's trans- lation of the first book of Homer , 1581 , where Achilles swears by his sceptre ...
... Ritson , who judiciously pro- poses to omit the words now ejected from the text . STEEVENS , And suck'd my verdure out on't . ] So , in Arthur Hall's trans- lation of the first book of Homer , 1581 , where Achilles swears by his sceptre ...
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... RITSON . Like a good parent , & c . ] Alluding to the observation , that a father above the common rate of men has commonly a son be- low it . Heroum filii noxæ . JOHNSON . like one , Who having , unto truth , by telling of it , Made ...
... RITSON . Like a good parent , & c . ] Alluding to the observation , that a father above the common rate of men has commonly a son be- low it . Heroum filii noxæ . JOHNSON . like one , Who having , unto truth , by telling of it , Made ...
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... RITSON . 2 Dost thou forget- ] That the character and conduct of Pros- pero may be understood , something must be known of the system of enchantment , which supplied all the marvellous found in the romances of the middle ages . This ...
... RITSON . 2 Dost thou forget- ] That the character and conduct of Pros- pero may be understood , something must be known of the system of enchantment , which supplied all the marvellous found in the romances of the middle ages . This ...
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... RITSON . • The strangeness- ] Why should a wonderful story produce sleep ? I believe experience will prove , that any violent agitation of the mind easily subsides in slumber , especially when , as in Prospero's relation , the last ...
... RITSON . • The strangeness- ] Why should a wonderful story produce sleep ? I believe experience will prove , that any violent agitation of the mind easily subsides in slumber , especially when , as in Prospero's relation , the last ...
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Æneid ancient Antony and Cleopatra Ariel Caliban called comedy Demetrius dost doth DUKE edit emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fairy Queen gentle Gentlemen of Verona give grace hath hear heart Helena Hermia JOHNSON Julia King Henry lady LAUN Launce lion lord lover Lysander madam MALONE MASON master means Measure for Measure metre Milan MIRA mistress moon musick never night Oberon observes old copy reads Othello passage perhaps play poet pray Prospero Proteus PUCK Pyramus quarto QUIN Richard III RITSON scene second folio sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew signifies Silvia sleep song speak SPEED Spenser spirit STEEVENS Stephano strange supposed sweet tell Tempest thee Theobald Theseus thing Thisbe thou art thou hast Thurio Titania translation TRIN Trinculo unto Valentine Warburton word