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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... give me not the BOOTS . ] A proverbial expression , though now disused , signifying , don't make a laughing stock of me ; don't play upon me . The French have a phrase , Bailler foin en corne ; which Cotgrave_thus interprets , To give ...
... give me not the BOOTS . ] A proverbial expression , though now disused , signifying , don't make a laughing stock of me ; don't play upon me . The French have a phrase , Bailler foin en corne ; which Cotgrave_thus interprets , To give ...
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... give a greater licence to criticism . JOHNSON . Mr. Pope , when he published his edition of these plays , was , I believe , very little acquainted with the ancient dramatick writers that immediately preceded Shakspeare . In his earliest ...
... give a greater licence to criticism . JOHNSON . Mr. Pope , when he published his edition of these plays , was , I believe , very little acquainted with the ancient dramatick writers that immediately preceded Shakspeare . In his earliest ...
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... gives , Dr. Thirlby advises that we should read - a stray , i . e . a stray sheep , which continues Proteus's banter ... give her a nod , but follow her not , lest you prove a noddy . REED . There can be no doubt concerning the meaning ...
... gives , Dr. Thirlby advises that we should read - a stray , i . e . a stray sheep , which continues Proteus's banter ... give her a nod , but follow her not , lest you prove a noddy . REED . There can be no doubt concerning the meaning ...
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... Give her no token but stones ; for she's as hard as steel . 3 -in telling YOUR mind . ] The editor of the second folio , not understanding this , altered your to her , which has been fol- lowed in all the subsequent editions . The old ...
... Give her no token but stones ; for she's as hard as steel . 3 -in telling YOUR mind . ] The editor of the second folio , not understanding this , altered your to her , which has been fol- lowed in all the subsequent editions . The old ...
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... give one's judgment or opinion . So , in The Winter's Tale , Act II . Sc . I .: 66 -How blest am I " In my just censure ? in my true opinion ? " See the note there . MALone . 8 FIRE that's closest kept , burns most of all . ] The second ...
... give one's judgment or opinion . So , in The Winter's Tale , Act II . Sc . I .: 66 -How blest am I " In my just censure ? in my true opinion ? " See the note there . MALone . 8 FIRE that's closest kept , burns most of all . ] The second ...
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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...
Page 20 - I have no other but a woman's reason : I think him so, because I think him so.
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?