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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... 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 one the boots ; to sell him a bargain . THEOBALD . Perhaps this expression ...
... 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 one the boots ; to sell him a bargain . THEOBALD . Perhaps this expression ...
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... signified to 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 ...
... signified to 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 ...
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... signifies to make account of . So , in the First Book of Samuel , xviii . 30 : " David behaved himself more wisely than all , so that he was much set by . " MALONE . Best sing it to the tune of Light o ' 22 ACT . I .. TWO GENTLEMEN.
... signifies to make account of . So , in the First Book of Samuel , xviii . 30 : " David behaved himself more wisely than all , so that he was much set by . " MALONE . Best sing it to the tune of Light o ' 22 ACT . I .. TWO GENTLEMEN.
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... signified formerly what we now denominate variations . So in some ancient poem of which I have neglected to preserve the title : " O what a world of descant makes my soul 66 Upon the voluntary ground of love ! " MALOne .. > There ...
... signified formerly what we now denominate variations . So in some ancient poem of which I have neglected to preserve the title : " O what a world of descant makes my soul 66 Upon the voluntary ground of love ! " MALOne .. > There ...
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... wax , and the morrow mass celebrated , and a sermon preached , " & c . Strype's ' Mem . vol . iii . p . 305. GREY . A month's mind , in the ritual sense , signifies not desire or Luc . Ay , madam , you may say what 26 ACT I. TWO GENTLEMEN.
... wax , and the morrow mass celebrated , and a sermon preached , " & c . Strype's ' Mem . vol . iii . p . 305. GREY . A month's mind , in the ritual sense , signifies not desire or Luc . Ay , madam , you may say what 26 ACT I. TWO GENTLEMEN.
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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.
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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?