Merchant of Venice ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Taming of the shrewF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... doth nothing but talk of his horse ; and he makes it a great * First folio , reason . 5 the Neapolitan PRINCE . ] The Neapolitans in the time of Shakspeare , were eminently skilled in all that belongs to horse- manship ; nor have they ...
... doth nothing but talk of his horse ; and he makes it a great * First folio , reason . 5 the Neapolitan PRINCE . ] The Neapolitans in the time of Shakspeare , were eminently skilled in all that belongs to horse- manship ; nor have they ...
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... doth so please her mind , " As to see mares and horses do their kind . " COLLINS . 9 — the FULSOME ewes ; ] Fulsome , I believe , in this instance , means lascivious , obscene . The same epithet is bestowed on the night , in Acolastus ...
... doth so please her mind , " As to see mares and horses do their kind . " COLLINS . 9 — the FULSOME ewes ; ] Fulsome , I believe , in this instance , means lascivious , obscene . The same epithet is bestowed on the night , in Acolastus ...
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... doth cause me , as my father , being I hope an old man , shall frutify unto you , GOB . I have here a dish of doves , that I would bestow upon your worship ; and my suit is , LAUN . In very brief , the suit is impertinent to myself , as ...
... doth cause me , as my father , being I hope an old man , shall frutify unto you , GOB . I have here a dish of doves , that I would bestow upon your worship ; and my suit is , LAUN . In very brief , the suit is impertinent to myself , as ...
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... doth offer to swear upon a book . — I 7 More GUARDED- ] i . e . more ornamented . liman and Perseda , 1599 : So , in So- " Piston . But is there no reward for my false dice ? " Erastus . Yes , sir , a guarded suit from top to toe ...
... doth offer to swear upon a book . — I 7 More GUARDED- ] i . e . more ornamented . liman and Perseda , 1599 : So , in So- " Piston . But is there no reward for my false dice ? " Erastus . Yes , sir , a guarded suit from top to toe ...
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... doth offer to swear upon a book , I shall have good fortune " -i . e . a table , which doth ( not only promise , but ) offer to swear ( and to swear upon a book too ) that I shall have good fortune .— ( He omits the conclusion of the ...
... doth offer to swear upon a book , I shall have good fortune " -i . e . a table , which doth ( not only promise , but ) offer to swear ( and to swear upon a book too ) that I shall have good fortune .— ( He omits the conclusion of the ...
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Æneid ancient Ansaldo Antonio Baptista BASS Bassanio Ben Jonson Bianca BION Biondello BOSWELL called comedy daughter Demetrius doth ducats Duke editions editors emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairy father Feran Ferando flesh fool gentleman Giannetto give gleek Gratiano Gremio hast hath hear Hermia honour Hortensio JOHNSON Kate KATH KATHARINA King Henry lady LAUN Launcelot lion lord Lorenzo Lucentio Lysander MALONE marry master means mistress moon musick never night Oberon old copies Othello Padua passage Petruchio Philostrate play poet Portia pray PUCK Pyramus quarto Queen QUIN RITSON SCENE second folio Servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shrew Shylock signior speak STEEVENS suppose swear sweet tell thee Theobald Theseus thing Thisbe thou Titania Tranio TYRWHITT unto Venice Vincentio WARBURTON wife word