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Page xxvi
Of these , The Tempest , however it comes to be placed the first by the publishers
of his works , can never have been the first written by him : it seems to me as per .
fect in its kind , as alınost any thing we have of his . One may observe , that the ...
Of these , The Tempest , however it comes to be placed the first by the publishers
of his works , can never have been the first written by him : it seems to me as per .
fect in its kind , as alınost any thing we have of his . One may observe , that the ...
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Give us kind keepers , heavens ! What were these ? Seb . A living drollery : } Now
I will believe , That there are unicorns ; that , in Arabia There is one tree , the
phenix ' throne ; one phenix At this hour reigning there . Ant . I'll believe both ;
And ...
Give us kind keepers , heavens ! What were these ? Seb . A living drollery : } Now
I will believe , That there are unicorns ; that , in Arabia There is one tree , the
phenix ' throne ; one phenix At this hour reigning there . Ant . I'll believe both ;
And ...
Page 340
In the country , at all periods of festivity , and in the inns of court at their Revels ,
an officer of the same kind was elected . STEEVENS , ? A nay word is what has
been finçe , called a byeword , a kind of proverbial reproach . STEEVENS .
In the country , at all periods of festivity , and in the inns of court at their Revels ,
an officer of the same kind was elected . STEEVENS , ? A nay word is what has
been finçe , called a byeword , a kind of proverbial reproach . STEEVENS .
Page 402
Every pavin has its galliard , a lighter kind of air , made out of the former . The
courant , the jig , and the hornpipe are sufficiently known at this day . Of the pall
mezzo little is to be faid , except that it was a favourite air in the days of Q.
Elizabeth .
Every pavin has its galliard , a lighter kind of air , made out of the former . The
courant , the jig , and the hornpipe are sufficiently known at this day . Of the pall
mezzo little is to be faid , except that it was a favourite air in the days of Q.
Elizabeth .
Page 488
9 A kind of sweet wine , then much in vogue , from the Italian bastardo .
WARBURTOJ . Baftard was raisin - wine . See Min fhieu's Diet . in va Malone . 2
Here a fatire on usury turns abruptly to a satire on the person of the usurer ,
without any ...
9 A kind of sweet wine , then much in vogue , from the Italian bastardo .
WARBURTOJ . Baftard was raisin - wine . See Min fhieu's Diet . in va Malone . 2
Here a fatire on usury turns abruptly to a satire on the person of the usurer ,
without any ...
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| Title | The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols]. Volume 1 of The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols], William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editors | John Nichols, George Steevens |
| Published | 1797 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Jul 2007 |
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