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Page 15
... shew that it was a modern insertion , reprints the note without farther remark . What does such care- lessness deserve ? The word " hard " is found in the two earliest 4tos ! seen . Abig . A suitor , I know , SCENE I. ] 15 THE SCORNFUL ...
... shew that it was a modern insertion , reprints the note without farther remark . What does such care- lessness deserve ? The word " hard " is found in the two earliest 4tos ! seen . Abig . A suitor , I know , SCENE I. ] 15 THE SCORNFUL ...
Page 16
... shew myself . [ Aside , —— and then comes forward . Wel . Lady , may it please you to bestow upon a stranger the ordinary grace of salutation ? are you the lady of this house ? Abig . Sir , I am worthily proud to be a servant of hers ...
... shew myself . [ Aside , —— and then comes forward . Wel . Lady , may it please you to bestow upon a stranger the ordinary grace of salutation ? are you the lady of this house ? Abig . Sir , I am worthily proud to be a servant of hers ...
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... shew men merely mortal . Then we'll have wenches , every one his wench , and every week a fresh one , we'll keep no powdered one , —we'll flesh c . All these we have by warrant , under the title of things necessary : " here , upon this ...
... shew men merely mortal . Then we'll have wenches , every one his wench , and every week a fresh one , we'll keep no powdered one , —we'll flesh c . All these we have by warrant , under the title of things necessary : " here , upon this ...
Page 31
... shew their learning , so it be done without pedantry , ) that they too frequently put it in the mouths of characters who cannot well be supposed to know any thing of the matter . The allusion here is to those extreme cold waters which ...
... shew their learning , so it be done without pedantry , ) that they too frequently put it in the mouths of characters who cannot well be supposed to know any thing of the matter . The allusion here is to those extreme cold waters which ...
Page 45
... shew the mightiness of her palm " , I know not . There she • Enter Abigail ] So the earliest 4to . To this stage - direction all the other eds . add , “ and drops her Glove ; " and so the modern editors : but it is evident that Abigail ...
... shew the mightiness of her palm " , I know not . There she • Enter Abigail ] So the earliest 4to . To this stage - direction all the other eds . add , “ and drops her Glove ; " and so the modern editors : but it is evident that Abigail ...
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1778 and Weber Abig Amiens Anna brave Captain Champ Cler Cleremont Clora dare Dinant dost drink Dubois Duch earliest 4tos Editors of 1778 Enter Exeunt Exit faith Father fear fellow fool Frank Fred Gent gentleman gentlewoman give hast hath hear heart Heaven honest honour Jacomo Julio kiss La-P La-Writ Lady LAMIRA leave Lelia LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER live Long lord Love LOVELESS madam Maria marry Mason master constable means Merc mistress modern editors Mont Montague Mother MS.-Both the folios MS.-Omitted never old eds Piso pray Prithee Samp SCENE SCORNFUL LADY second folio Serv servant Seward shee shew Silvio speak speech sure sweet sword Sympson tell thank thee Theobald There's thing thou art twill Verdone Viola Weber printed wench whore woman word worth
Popular passages
Page 454 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 112 - Itwas the object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who advanced from the two extremities : in which case a change of situation took place, and hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by pre-occupation from the other places; in this * catching...
Page 258 - TELL me, dearest, what is love? 'Tis a lightning from above; 'Tis an arrow, 'tis a fire, Tis a boy they call Desire. Tis a grave, Gapes to have Those poor fools that long to prove.
Page 12 - Were these two arms encompass'd with the hands Of bachelors, to lead me to the church ; Were my feet in the door ; were " I John " said ; — If John should boast a favour done by me, I would not wed that year.
Page 259 - Tis a grave, Gapes to have Those poor fools that long to prove. Tell me more, are women true ? Yes, some are, and some as you. Some are willing, some are strange, Since you men first taught to change. And till troth Be in both, All shall love, to love anew.