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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In support of what I have said relative to this play , let me only observe further at present , that the author of Hamlet speaks of Gonzago , and his wife Baptista ; but the author of The Taming of the Shrew knew Baptista to be the name ...
In support of what I have said relative to this play , let me only observe further at present , that the author of Hamlet speaks of Gonzago , and his wife Baptista ; but the author of The Taming of the Shrew knew Baptista to be the name ...
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The Woman's Prize , or the Tamer Tam'd ; in which Petruchio is subdued by a second wife . STEEVENS . Among the books of my friend the late Mr. William Collins of Chichester , now dispersed , was a collection of short comick stories in ...
The Woman's Prize , or the Tamer Tam'd ; in which Petruchio is subdued by a second wife . STEEVENS . Among the books of my friend the late Mr. William Collins of Chichester , now dispersed , was a collection of short comick stories in ...
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Shrew , might be tormented for the entertainment of the audience ; or , according to a custom observed in some of our ancient puppet - shews , might beat his wife with a shoulder of mutton . In the Preface to Marlowe's Tamburlaine ...
Shrew , might be tormented for the entertainment of the audience ; or , according to a custom observed in some of our ancient puppet - shews , might beat his wife with a shoulder of mutton . In the Preface to Marlowe's Tamburlaine ...
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... Such duty to the drunkard let him do , With soft low tongue , ' and lowly courtesy ; And say , -What is't your honour will command , Wherein your lady , and your humble wife , May show her duty , and make known her love ?
... Such duty to the drunkard let him do , With soft low tongue , ' and lowly courtesy ; And say , -What is't your honour will command , Wherein your lady , and your humble wife , May show her duty , and make known her love ?
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Very probably too , this fat ale - wife might be a real character . STEEVENS . Wilnecotte is a village in Warwickshire , with which Shakspeare was well acquainted , near Stratford . The house kept by our genial hostess , still remains ...
Very probably too , this fat ale - wife might be a real character . STEEVENS . Wilnecotte is a village in Warwickshire , with which Shakspeare was well acquainted , near Stratford . The house kept by our genial hostess , still remains ...
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