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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... Wives of Windsor : 6 - " Thou art clerkly , sir John , clerkly . " STEEVENS . it CAME hardly OFF ; ] A similar phrase occurs in Timon of Athens , Act I. Sc . I .: 66 This comes off well and excellent . " STEEVENS.- VAL . What means your ...
... Wives of Windsor : 6 - " Thou art clerkly , sir John , clerkly . " STEEVENS . it CAME hardly OFF ; ] A similar phrase occurs in Timon of Athens , Act I. Sc . I .: 66 This comes off well and excellent . " STEEVENS.- VAL . What means your ...
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... Wives of Windsor , Act . I. Sc . III . when it is spelt as it is here : " but the revolt of mine is dangerous ; " indeed that is the general spelling of this word in Shakspeare's age , adopted from the French language , from which the ...
... Wives of Windsor , Act . I. Sc . III . when it is spelt as it is here : " but the revolt of mine is dangerous ; " indeed that is the general spelling of this word in Shakspeare's age , adopted from the French language , from which the ...
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... wives ' tales , " We bring you now . " Again , in Ascham's Toxophilus , edit . 1589 , p . 2 : 66 or else make merry with their neighbours at the ale . " Again , as Mr. M. Mason observes , in the play of Lord Cromwell : SCENE VI . " The ...
... wives ' tales , " We bring you now . " Again , in Ascham's Toxophilus , edit . 1589 , p . 2 : 66 or else make merry with their neighbours at the ale . " Again , as Mr. M. Mason observes , in the play of Lord Cromwell : SCENE VI . " The ...
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... wife as your fair daughter : Cannot your grace win her to fancy him ? DUKE . No , trust me ; she is peevish , sullen , fro- ward , Proud , disobedient , stubborn , lacking duty ; Neither regarding that she is my child , Nor fearing me ...
... wife as your fair daughter : Cannot your grace win her to fancy him ? DUKE . No , trust me ; she is peevish , sullen , fro- ward , Proud , disobedient , stubborn , lacking duty ; Neither regarding that she is my child , Nor fearing me ...
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... wife , And turn her out to who will take her in : Then let her beauty be her wedding - dower ; For me and my possessions she esteems not . VAL . What would your grace have me to do in this ? DUKE . There is a lady , sir , in Milan ...
... wife , And turn her out to who will take her in : Then let her beauty be her wedding - dower ; For me and my possessions she esteems not . VAL . What would your grace have me to do in this ? DUKE . There is a lady , sir , in Milan ...
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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?