The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 6Riley, 1806 |
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Page 47
... expression which I have never heard ; the burthen of his wooing song had been more proper . Johnson . 9 Be she as foul as was Florentius ' love , ] I suppose this alludes to the story of a Florentine , which is met with in the eleventh ...
... expression which I have never heard ; the burthen of his wooing song had been more proper . Johnson . 9 Be she as foul as was Florentius ' love , ] I suppose this alludes to the story of a Florentine , which is met with in the eleventh ...
Page 64
... expression , and signifies to flourish capriciously on an instrument , as performers often do after hav- ing tuned it , previous to their beginning a regular composition . Henley . Twangling Jack is , mean , paltry lutanist . Malone . I ...
... expression , and signifies to flourish capriciously on an instrument , as performers often do after hav- ing tuned it , previous to their beginning a regular composition . Henley . Twangling Jack is , mean , paltry lutanist . Malone . I ...
Page 66
... expression : 66 Cry you mercy , I took you for a join'd stool . " See Ray's Collection . It is likewise repeated as a proverb in Mather Bombie , a comedy , by Lyly , 1594 , and by the Fool in King Lear . Steevens . ९ Pet . Alas , good ...
... expression : 66 Cry you mercy , I took you for a join'd stool . " See Ray's Collection . It is likewise repeated as a proverb in Mather Bombie , a comedy , by Lyly , 1594 , and by the Fool in King Lear . Steevens . ९ Pet . Alas , good ...
Page 67
... expression likewise seems to have been proverbial . So , in The Three Lords of London , 1590 : 66 hast no more skill , " Than take a faulcon for a buzzard ? " Steevens . 6 Yours , if you talk of tails ; ] The old copy reads - tales ...
... expression likewise seems to have been proverbial . So , in The Three Lords of London , 1590 : 66 hast no more skill , " Than take a faulcon for a buzzard ? " Steevens . 6 Yours , if you talk of tails ; ] The old copy reads - tales ...
Page 71
... expression occurs in Randolph's Jealous Lovers , 1632 : " All that I have is thine , though I could vie , " For every silver hair upon my head , " A piece of gold . " Steevens . Vie and Revie were terms at Primero , the fashionable game ...
... expression occurs in Randolph's Jealous Lovers , 1632 : " All that I have is thine , though I could vie , " For every silver hair upon my head , " A piece of gold . " Steevens . Vie and Revie were terms at Primero , the fashionable game ...
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