The Tragedy of King Richard IIClarendon Press, 1884 - 158 pages |
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Page 85
... verb appeal , ' i . I. 9 , and i . 1. 27. In Holinshed , p . 1098 , col . 2 , margin , The Duke of Hereforde appealeth the duke of Norfolk of treason . ' Appeal , ' according to Cowel ( Law Dict . ed . 1727 ) , ' is a lawful declaration ...
... verb appeal , ' i . I. 9 , and i . 1. 27. In Holinshed , p . 1098 , col . 2 , margin , The Duke of Hereforde appealeth the duke of Norfolk of treason . ' Appeal , ' according to Cowel ( Law Dict . ed . 1727 ) , ' is a lawful declaration ...
Page 86
... verb , and in a sense stronger than the modern one . See I Henry VI . ii . 4. 116 : " This blot that they object against your house . ' • We find in Holinshed , p . 1099 , col . 2 , margin , The obiections against the Duke of Norfolke ...
... verb , and in a sense stronger than the modern one . See I Henry VI . ii . 4. 116 : " This blot that they object against your house . ' • We find in Holinshed , p . 1099 , col . 2 , margin , The obiections against the Duke of Norfolke ...
Page 87
... verb ' inherit ' is used in this sense , to put in possession . ' 88. eight thousand nobles . A noble was 6s . 8d . This money should have gone to pay the garrison of Calais , according to Holinshed . The term ' lend- ings ' is used ...
... verb ' inherit ' is used in this sense , to put in possession . ' 88. eight thousand nobles . A noble was 6s . 8d . This money should have gone to pay the garrison of Calais , according to Holinshed . The term ' lend- ings ' is used ...
Page 88
... verb ' it boots , ' ' it boots not , ' is of frequent occur- rence . 168. The natural order of the words is : That lives upon my grave despite of death . ' For the construction , compare iii . 2. 38 . " 170. Baffling , ' says Nares ...
... verb ' it boots , ' ' it boots not , ' is of frequent occur- rence . 168. The natural order of the words is : That lives upon my grave despite of death . ' For the construction , compare iii . 2. 38 . " 170. Baffling , ' says Nares ...
Page 91
... verb in Henry V. i . 2. 176 : C Since we have locks to safeguard necessaries . ' 6 37. The folios here substitute Heaven ' for ' God , ' as in i . I. 187 , and for the same reason they do the like in line 43 and elsewhere . 38. His ...
... verb in Henry V. i . 2. 176 : C Since we have locks to safeguard necessaries . ' 6 37. The folios here substitute Heaven ' for ' God , ' as in i . I. 187 , and for the same reason they do the like in line 43 and elsewhere . 38. His ...
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According to Holinshed arms Aumerle Bagot banish'd banishment Bishop of Carlisle blood Boling Bolingbroke Bushy Carlisle castle cloth Compare 2 Henry Cotgrave cousin Crown 8vo death Demy 8vo deposed doth Duchess Duke of Aumarle Duke of Hereford Duke of Norfolk Earl England English Enter Exeunt Exton farewell fear Fitzwater folios read fourth quartos French Gloucester grace grief Hamlet hand hath haue heart heaven Henry IV Henry VI Holinshed honour Introduction and Notes John of Gaunt Julius Cæsar King John King Richard Kyng Lancaster land liege lord M.A. Extra fcap M.A. Second Edition Macbeth majesty Marshal means Merchant of Venice noble Northumberland omitted Oxford pardon passage Percy play Queen realme Rich Richard III Ross royal Salisbury sayd scene sense Shakespeare sorrow soul speak thee Third Edition thou tongue traitor treason uncle verb W. W. Skeat Westminster Windsor word
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