The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... sense to the paffage , fome fuch word having been left out . STEEVENS . 9 The baby beats the nurse , ] This allufion was borrowed from an ancient print , entitled The World turn'd upfide down , where an infant is thus employed ...
... sense to the paffage , fome fuch word having been left out . STEEVENS . 9 The baby beats the nurse , ] This allufion was borrowed from an ancient print , entitled The World turn'd upfide down , where an infant is thus employed ...
Page 213
... sense your brother's life Falls into forfeit : he arrefts him on it ; And follows close the rigour of the ftatute , To make him an example : all hope is gone , Unless you have the grace ' by your fair prayer To foften Angelo : and ...
... sense your brother's life Falls into forfeit : he arrefts him on it ; And follows close the rigour of the ftatute , To make him an example : all hope is gone , Unless you have the grace ' by your fair prayer To foften Angelo : and ...
Page 228
... sense , you are related to hang , it means to be conveyed to execution on a burdle . In Froth's anfwer , it is the fame as to bring along by fome motive or power . JOHNSON . Pompey . ] His mistress , in a preceding fcene , calls him ...
... sense , you are related to hang , it means to be conveyed to execution on a burdle . In Froth's anfwer , it is the fame as to bring along by fome motive or power . JOHNSON . Pompey . ] His mistress , in a preceding fcene , calls him ...
Page 245
... sense Than woman's lightnefs ? Having waste ground enough , Shall we defire to raze the fanctuary , 4 - Ha ! ] This tragedy - Ha ! ( which clogs the metre ) was certainly thrown in by the player editors . STEEVENS , it is I , That lying ...
... sense Than woman's lightnefs ? Having waste ground enough , Shall we defire to raze the fanctuary , 4 - Ha ! ] This tragedy - Ha ! ( which clogs the metre ) was certainly thrown in by the player editors . STEEVENS , it is I , That lying ...
Page 251
... , in this place , means eagerness of defire ; —but I believe it means attention only , a sense in which the Anchors on Ifabel : Heaven in my mouth , As 7 MEASURE FOR MEASURE . 251 That refpites me a life, whofe very comfort ...
... , in this place , means eagerness of defire ; —but I believe it means attention only , a sense in which the Anchors on Ifabel : Heaven in my mouth , As 7 MEASURE FOR MEASURE . 251 That refpites me a life, whofe very comfort ...
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againſt alfo Angelo anſwer bawd BEAT Beatrice becauſe Benedick brother CLAUD Claudio Clown coufin defire doft DOGB doth DUKE ESCAL Exeunt Exit expreffion faid falfe fame faſhion fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhould fhow fignifies fignior fince firft firſt folio fome fool foul fpeak fpeech friar ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fure hath Hero himſelf honour houſe huſband Illyria inftance ISAB JOHNSON King Henry King Lear lady LEON Leonato lord LUCIO Macbeth mafter MALONE Malvolio means meaſure Merchant of Venice merry moft moſt muft muſt myſelf night obferved old copy Othello paffage PEDRO perfon phrafe play pleaſe Pompey prefent prince PROV Provoft purpoſe reafon Richard III ſay Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhall ſhe SIR ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK Sir Thomas Hanmer Sir Toby ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe Theobald theſe thofe thoſe thou art ufed uſed WARBURTON Winter's Tale word
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