The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... common to many of the ancient novels . STEEVENS . Mrs. Lenox observes , and I think not improbably , that the story of Proteus and Julia might be taken from a similar one in the " Diana " of George of Montemayor .- " This pastoral ...
... common to many of the ancient novels . STEEVENS . Mrs. Lenox observes , and I think not improbably , that the story of Proteus and Julia might be taken from a similar one in the " Diana " of George of Montemayor .- " This pastoral ...
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... common christian name Antony is written improperly Anthony . Even scholars shewed the same disregard to propriety in this respect as the unlearned . Thus Sir John Davys , in his fine Eulogy on the English law , prefixed to his Reports ...
... common christian name Antony is written improperly Anthony . Even scholars shewed the same disregard to propriety in this respect as the unlearned . Thus Sir John Davys , in his fine Eulogy on the English law , prefixed to his Reports ...
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... torture , which , in Scotland , they call the boots ; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg , and drive wedges between these and the leg . The common 66 Coy looks , with heart - sore sighs ; one SC . I. 11 OF VERONA .
... torture , which , in Scotland , they call the boots ; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg , and drive wedges between these and the leg . The common 66 Coy looks , with heart - sore sighs ; one SC . I. 11 OF VERONA .
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... common cant term for an insignificant inamorato . So , in Decker's Satiromastix : 66 " Adieu , Sir Eglamour ; adieu lute - string , curtain - rod , goose- quill , " & c . Sir Eglamour of Artoys indeed is the hero of an ancient metrical ...
... common cant term for an insignificant inamorato . So , in Decker's Satiromastix : 66 " Adieu , Sir Eglamour ; adieu lute - string , curtain - rod , goose- quill , " & c . Sir Eglamour of Artoys indeed is the hero of an ancient metrical ...
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... common when he wrote even among persons of good education . So , in Othello : 66 Iago . He's married : " Cas . To who ? " Again , in Othello : " Oth . Ha , with who ? " Again , in Cymbeline : 66 he hath a court " He little cares for ...
... common when he wrote even among persons of good education . So , in Othello : 66 Iago . He's married : " Cas . To who ? " Again , in Othello : " Oth . Ha , with who ? " Again , in Cymbeline : 66 he hath a court " He little cares for ...
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Page 390 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
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Page 283 - Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 53 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own ; And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 380 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?