The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 9 |
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I know not to whom I could impute this comedy , if Shakspeare was not its author . I think his hand is visible in almost every scene , though perhaps not so evidently as in those which pass between Katharine and Petruchio .
I know not to whom I could impute this comedy , if Shakspeare was not its author . I think his hand is visible in almost every scene , though perhaps not so evidently as in those which pass between Katharine and Petruchio .
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might have suggested to Shakspeare the Induction for this comedy . The following story , however , which might have been the parent of all the rest , is related by Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy , edit . 1632 , p .
might have suggested to Shakspeare the Induction for this comedy . The following story , however , which might have been the parent of all the rest , is related by Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy , edit . 1632 , p .
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In the comedy of The Roaring Girl , 1611 , a cut - purse makes use of the same words . Again , they appear in The Wise Woman of Hogsden , 1638 , and in some others , but are always appropriated to the lowest characters . STEEVENS .
In the comedy of The Roaring Girl , 1611 , a cut - purse makes use of the same words . Again , they appear in The Wise Woman of Hogsden , 1638 , and in some others , but are always appropriated to the lowest characters . STEEVENS .
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The word is certainly used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as synonymous to bitch : " Venus , your brach there , runs so proud , " & c . So , also , our author in King Henry IV .
The word is certainly used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as synonymous to bitch : " Venus , your brach there , runs so proud , " & c . So , also , our author in King Henry IV .
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... and then he is said to be emboss'd : from the French word bosse , which signifies a tumour . This explanation of the word will receive illustration from the following passage in the old comedy , intitled , The Shoemakers Holiday ...
... and then he is said to be emboss'd : from the French word bosse , which signifies a tumour . This explanation of the word will receive illustration from the following passage in the old comedy , intitled , The Shoemakers Holiday ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 9 The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2008 |
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