The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the Latest Edition of William Aldis Wright; with Introductions, Notes and Glossaries to Each Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a Bibliography by W. J. Rolfe; a History of the Drama, and General Criticism by Henry N. Hudson and Others, and a Complete Character Index, Volume 3Colonial Press, 1900 |
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... probably a pirated reprint of Fisher's , but the differences between them are unimportant ; and though the First must be consid- ered the authoritative text , both copies are remarkably accurate , when compared with other Quartos . The ...
... probably a pirated reprint of Fisher's , but the differences between them are unimportant ; and though the First must be consid- ered the authoritative text , both copies are remarkably accurate , when compared with other Quartos . The ...
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... probably of Celtic origin , a generic term for sprite or goblin ; but it is found in English before the Conquest , 1 See Early English Text Society , Extra Series , ed . S. Lee , Nos . 40 , 41 , 48 , 50 . 2 King James I. in his ...
... probably of Celtic origin , a generic term for sprite or goblin ; but it is found in English before the Conquest , 1 See Early English Text Society , Extra Series , ed . S. Lee , Nos . 40 , 41 , 48 , 50 . 2 King James I. in his ...
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... probably known to Shakespeare , though his immediate source seems to have been Golding's transla- tion of Ovid's Metamorphoses , where the story is told ( iv . 55-166 ) . A commonplace - book of the beginning of the seven- teenth ...
... probably known to Shakespeare , though his immediate source seems to have been Golding's transla- tion of Ovid's Metamorphoses , where the story is told ( iv . 55-166 ) . A commonplace - book of the beginning of the seven- teenth ...
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... probably pronounced as a dissyllable . II . i . 78. Perigenia , called " Perigouna " in North's Plutarch ; she was the daughter of the famous robber Sinnis , by whom Theseus had a son , Menaloppus . 66 II . i . 79. Ægle ; Rowe's ...
... probably pronounced as a dissyllable . II . i . 78. Perigenia , called " Perigouna " in North's Plutarch ; she was the daughter of the famous robber Sinnis , by whom Theseus had a son , Menaloppus . 66 II . i . 79. Ægle ; Rowe's ...
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... probably in consequence of the statute of James I. forbidding profane speaking , or use of " the holy name of God . " 99 V. i . 314. means ; changed by Theobald to " moans . " " Mean " in the sense of to lament , an archaic form , is ...
... probably in consequence of the statute of James I. forbidding profane speaking , or use of " the holy name of God . " 99 V. i . 314. means ; changed by Theobald to " moans . " " Mean " in the sense of to lament , an archaic form , is ...
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