“The” Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 5F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, 1805 |
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... suppose it . Theobald . Mr. Theobald seems not to know that the Dramatis Persona were first enumerated by Rowe . Johnson . Frederick is here clearly a mistake , as appears by the answer of Rosalind , to whom Touchstone addresses himself ...
... suppose it . Theobald . Mr. Theobald seems not to know that the Dramatis Persona were first enumerated by Rowe . Johnson . Frederick is here clearly a mistake , as appears by the answer of Rosalind , to whom Touchstone addresses himself ...
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... suppose the 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 sig- nify a glaring falshood . See Ray's Proverbs . Steevens . It ...
... suppose the 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 sig- nify a glaring falshood . See Ray's Proverbs . Steevens . It ...
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... suppose , that the competitors in a wrestling match carried bills on their shoulders , and I believe the whole conceit is in the poor resemblance of presence and presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion ...
... suppose , that the competitors in a wrestling match carried bills on their shoulders , and I believe the whole conceit is in the poor resemblance of presence and presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion ...
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... suppose the word is literally employed by Shak- speare , but in the same sense that the French still use carogne , a term of which Moliere is not very sparing in some of his pieces . Steevens . 6 of the wrestler - ] Wrestler , ( as Mr ...
... suppose the word is literally employed by Shak- speare , but in the same sense that the French still use carogne , a term of which Moliere is not very sparing in some of his pieces . Steevens . 6 of the wrestler - ] Wrestler , ( as Mr ...
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... suppose that our au- thor alluded here to any such precise division of the drama . His comparisons seldom run on four feet . It was sufficient for him that a play was distributed into several acts , and that human life , long before his ...
... suppose that our au- thor alluded here to any such precise division of the drama . His comparisons seldom run on four feet . It was sufficient for him that a play was distributed into several acts , and that human life , long before his ...
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