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Page 59
Or docks , or mallows . Very foul . It is used in nearly the same sense in Love's
Labour's Loft , and in Hamlet . The old copy reads - should bow . Should was
probably an abbreviation of the would , the mark of elifion being inadvertently
omitted ...
Or docks , or mallows . Very foul . It is used in nearly the same sense in Love's
Labour's Loft , and in Hamlet . The old copy reads - should bow . Should was
probably an abbreviation of the would , the mark of elifion being inadvertently
omitted ...
Page 87
We have again the same thought in Macbeth : “ The labour we delight in physicks
pain . ” After “ and , ” at the same time muft be understood . Mr. Pope ,
unnecessarily , reads " But their labour , " which has been fol . lowed by the
subfequent ...
We have again the same thought in Macbeth : “ The labour we delight in physicks
pain . ” After “ and , ” at the same time muft be understood . Mr. Pope ,
unnecessarily , reads " But their labour , " which has been fol . lowed by the
subfequent ...
Page 178
The same . Garden of Julia's house . Enter Julia and Lucetta . Jul . But say ,
Lucetta , now we are alone , Would'st thou then counsel me to fall in love ? Luc .
Ay , madam ; so you stumble not unheedfully . - you have testern'd me ; ] You
have ...
The same . Garden of Julia's house . Enter Julia and Lucetta . Jul . But say ,
Lucetta , now we are alone , Would'st thou then counsel me to fall in love ? Luc .
Ay , madam ; so you stumble not unheedfully . - you have testern'd me ; ] You
have ...
Page 231
The same fashion appears have been no less offensive in France . See
Montaigne , Chap . XXII . The custom of sticking pins in this oftentatious piece of
indecency , was continued by the illiberal warders of the Tower , till forbidden by
authority ...
The same fashion appears have been no less offensive in France . See
Montaigne , Chap . XXII . The custom of sticking pins in this oftentatious piece of
indecency , was continued by the illiberal warders of the Tower , till forbidden by
authority ...
Page 272
From this painting a plate was engraved by Giacomo Freij , which is generally a
companion to the Aurora of the same master . The print is fo common , that the
curious may easily satisfy themselves concerning the propriety of a remark which
...
From this painting a plate was engraved by Giacomo Freij , which is generally a
companion to the Aurora of the same master . The print is fo common , that the
curious may easily satisfy themselves concerning the propriety of a remark which
...
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Page 78 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 370 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
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Page 153 - Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue Should become kings of Naples ? O, rejoice Beyond a common joy ! and set it down With gold on lasting pillars. In one voyage Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis, And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife Where he himself was lost, Prospero his dukedom In a poor isle, and all of us ourselves When no man was his own.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: Glossarial index. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor Volume 3 of The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, G. G. J. and J. Robinson (Paternoster-Row, London, England) Volume 3 of The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Contributors | Henry Baldwin, Charles Dilly, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Vernor, Thomas Longman, B. Law and Son |
| Publisher | H. Baldwin, 1793 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2007 |
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