The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... thought it the sweetest melody . " Again , in Fairfax's Godfrey of Bulloigne , 1. 15 , ft . 62 : " She warbled forth a treble fmall , " And with sweet lookes , her fweet fongs enterlaced . " When female characters were filled by boys ...
... thought it the sweetest melody . " Again , in Fairfax's Godfrey of Bulloigne , 1. 15 , ft . 62 : " She warbled forth a treble fmall , " And with sweet lookes , her fweet fongs enterlaced . " When female characters were filled by boys ...
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... s You Banbury cheese ! ] This is faid in allufion to the thin carcafe of Slender . The fame thought occurs in Jack Drum's Entertainment , 1601 : " Put off your cloathes , and you are SLEN . Ay , it is no matter . PIST 20 MERRY WIVES.
... s You Banbury cheese ! ] This is faid in allufion to the thin carcafe of Slender . The fame thought occurs in Jack Drum's Entertainment , 1601 : " Put off your cloathes , and you are SLEN . Ay , it is no matter . PIST 20 MERRY WIVES.
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... thoughts . " MALOne . 9 -for gourd , and fullam holds , And high and low beguile the rich and poor : ] Fullam is a cant term for falfe dice , high and low . Torriano , in his Italian Dictionary , interprets Pife by falfe dice , high and ...
... thoughts . " MALOne . 9 -for gourd , and fullam holds , And high and low beguile the rich and poor : ] Fullam is a cant term for falfe dice , high and low . Torriano , in his Italian Dictionary , interprets Pife by falfe dice , high and ...
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... thought by his red beard he would prove a Judas . " In an age , when but a small part of the nation could read , ideas were frequently borrowed from reprefentations in painting or tapestry . A cane - colour'd beard , however , [ the ...
... thought by his red beard he would prove a Judas . " In an age , when but a small part of the nation could read , ideas were frequently borrowed from reprefentations in painting or tapestry . A cane - colour'd beard , however , [ the ...
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... thought strange that our author fhould take the name of Caius [ an eminent physician who flourished in the reign of Elizabeth , and founder of Caius College in our univerfity ] for his Frenchman in this comedy ; but Shakspeare was ...
... thought strange that our author fhould take the name of Caius [ an eminent physician who flourished in the reign of Elizabeth , and founder of Caius College in our univerfity ] for his Frenchman in this comedy ; but Shakspeare was ...
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