The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 8J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... meaning from this note , I read : ; Be better employed , and be naught a while . In the same sense as we say - It is better to do mischief , than to do nothing . JOHNSON , Notwithstanding Dr. Warburton's far - fetched explanation , I ...
... meaning from this note , I read : ; Be better employed , and be naught a while . In the same sense as we say - It is better to do mischief , than to do nothing . JOHNSON , Notwithstanding Dr. Warburton's far - fetched explanation , I ...
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... ( meaning nothing ) was formerly spelled with an a , naught ; which is clearly the manner in which it ought still to be spelled , as the word aught , ( any thing , ) from whence it is derived , is spelled so . A similar expression occurs ...
... ( meaning nothing ) was formerly spelled with an a , naught ; which is clearly the manner in which it ought still to be spelled , as the word aught , ( any thing , ) from whence it is derived , is spelled so . A similar expression occurs ...
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... meaning , for a worthless , wicked , or bloody man ; by Orlando , in its original signification , for a fellow of base extraction . JOHNSON . 1 education : you have trained me like a peasant 10 AS YOU LIKE IT . ACT I.
... meaning , for a worthless , wicked , or bloody man ; by Orlando , in its original signification , for a fellow of base extraction . JOHNSON . 1 education : you have trained me like a peasant 10 AS YOU LIKE IT . ACT I.
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... meaning is , that there is too heavy a mass of big words laid upon a slight subject . JOHNSON , This is a proverbial expression , which is generally used to signify a glaring falshood . See Ray's Proverbs . STEEVENS . It means a good ...
... meaning is , that there is too heavy a mass of big words laid upon a slight subject . JOHNSON , This is a proverbial expression , which is generally used to signify a glaring falshood . See Ray's Proverbs . STEEVENS . It means a good ...
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... meaning . As where the Clown says just beforeNay , if I keep not my rank . Rosalind replies - Thou losest thy old smell . So here when Rosalind had said - With bills on their necks , the Clown , to be quits with her , puts in - Know all ...
... meaning . As where the Clown says just beforeNay , if I keep not my rank . Rosalind replies - Thou losest thy old smell . So here when Rosalind had said - With bills on their necks , the Clown , to be quits with her , puts in - Know all ...
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alluded allusion Antony and Cleopatra Audrey believe Bertram better brother called Celia Clown comedy COUNT Countess Cymbeline daughter Diana doth DUKE F editor emendation Enter Exeunt Exit fair father fear fool forest fortune foul give grace Hanmer hast hath heart heaven Helena HENLEY honour humour Jaques JOHNSON King Henry knave lady Lafeu live lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth madam maid MALONE marry MASON meaning Measure for Measure mistress nature never old copy reads Orlando Othello Parolles passage Phebe play poet poor pr'ythee pray quintain ring Rosalind Rousillon SCENE second folio sense Shakspeare signifies SILVIUS speak STEEVENS suppose swear sweet tell thee THEOBALD thine thing thou art TOUCH Touchstone Troilus and Cressida TYRWHITT VIII virginity virtue WARBURTON wife Winter's Tale woman word young youth