The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volume 16 |
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Page 108
... suppose that savage hold signi- fies the habitation of a beast . It may as well be used for the cave of a savage , or wild man , who , in the romances of the time , were represented as residing in the woods , like the famous Orson , Bre ...
... suppose that savage hold signi- fies the habitation of a beast . It may as well be used for the cave of a savage , or wild man , who , in the romances of the time , were represented as residing in the woods , like the famous Orson , Bre ...
Page 112
... suppose the whole line to be a periphrasis for adulation or obei- sance . There was no such word as defering or deferring in Shakspeare's time . 66 ' Deferer a une compaigne , " Cotgrave , in his Dictionary , 1611 , explains thus " To ...
... suppose the whole line to be a periphrasis for adulation or obei- sance . There was no such word as defering or deferring in Shakspeare's time . 66 ' Deferer a une compaigne , " Cotgrave , in his Dictionary , 1611 , explains thus " To ...
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... suppose this passage , as it now stands in the text , to be as our author gave it . Steevens . 1 The law Protects not us : ] We meet with the same sentiment in Romeo and Juliet : " The world is not thy friend , nor the world's law ...
... suppose this passage , as it now stands in the text , to be as our author gave it . Steevens . 1 The law Protects not us : ] We meet with the same sentiment in Romeo and Juliet : " The world is not thy friend , nor the world's law ...
Page 135
... suppose it should be- Conspir'd with th ' irreligious devil , Johnson . Irregulous ( if there be such a word ) must mean lawless , licen- tious , out of rule , jura negans sibi nata . In Reinolds's God's Re- venge against Adultery ...
... suppose it should be- Conspir'd with th ' irreligious devil , Johnson . Irregulous ( if there be such a word ) must mean lawless , licen- tious , out of rule , jura negans sibi nata . In Reinolds's God's Re- venge against Adultery ...
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... suppose Shakspeare to have meant ) brother to the Prince of Sienna : but , unluckily , Sienna was a re- publick . See W. Thomas's Historye of Italye , 4to . bl . l . 1561 , p . 7 , b . Steevens . 5 Last night the very gods show'd me a ...
... suppose Shakspeare to have meant ) brother to the Prince of Sienna : but , unluckily , Sienna was a re- publick . See W. Thomas's Historye of Italye , 4to . bl . l . 1561 , p . 7 , b . Steevens . 5 Last night the very gods show'd me a ...
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Page 417 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires; — Where should Othello go? — Now, how dost thou look now ? O ill-starr'd wench ! Pale as thy smock ! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 327 - I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 419 - I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well...
Page 202 - In following him, I follow but myself ; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end...
Page 233 - These things to hear, Would Desdemona seriously incline : But still the house affairs would draw her thence ; Which ever as she could with haste despatch, She 'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : — which I observing, Took once a pliant hour ; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 318 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt; For she had eyes, and chose me...
Page 293 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Page 229 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Page 418 - Demand me nothing: What you know, you know: From this time forth I never will speak word.
Page 235 - twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...