The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 5Riley, 1806 |
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... present meaning , for a worthless , wicked , or bloody man ; by Orlando , in its original signification , for a fellow of base extraction . Johnson . father charged you in his will to give me good AS YOU LIKE IT . 11.
... present meaning , for a worthless , wicked , or bloody man ; by Orlando , in its original signification , for a fellow of base extraction . Johnson . father charged you in his will to give me good AS YOU LIKE IT . 11.
Page 14
... present instance , and some others , does not signify a man viciously addicted to games of chance , but a frolicksome person . Thus , in King Henry VIII : " You are a merry gamester , my lord Sands . " Steevens . 5 of all sorts- ] Sorts ...
... present instance , and some others , does not signify a man viciously addicted to games of chance , but a frolicksome person . Thus , in King Henry VIII : " You are a merry gamester , my lord Sands . " Steevens . 5 of all sorts- ] Sorts ...
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... presents , 6- 4 · laid on with a trowel . ] I 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 ...
... presents , 6- 4 · laid on with a trowel . ] I 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 ...
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... presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion of Le Beau's speech . Mr. Edwards ridicules Dr. Warburton , " As if people carried such instruments of war , as bills and guns on their necks , not on their ...
... presents . Johnson . With bills on their necks , should be the conclusion of Le Beau's speech . Mr. Edwards ridicules Dr. Warburton , " As if people carried such instruments of war , as bills and guns on their necks , not on their ...
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... present strictures , therefore , of Mr. Malone and Mr. Douce , ( which are too valuable to be omitted , and too ample to find their place under the text of our author ) must appear at the conclusion of the play . Steevens . For a more ...
... present strictures , therefore , of Mr. Malone and Mr. Douce , ( which are too valuable to be omitted , and too ample to find their place under the text of our author ) must appear at the conclusion of the play . Steevens . For a more ...
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