The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 9F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... suppose , were used in Shakspeare's time . JOHNSON . 7 In any proportion , & c . ] Proportion signifies measure ; and refers to the question , What ? in metre ? WARBurton . This speech is improperly given to Lucio . It clearly belongs ...
... suppose , were used in Shakspeare's time . JOHNSON . 7 In any proportion , & c . ] Proportion signifies measure ; and refers to the question , What ? in metre ? WARBurton . This speech is improperly given to Lucio . It clearly belongs ...
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... suppose , that all the houses in the suburbs were bawdy - houses . It appears too , from what the Bawd says be- low , But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pulled down ? " that the Clown had been particular in his ...
... suppose , that all the houses in the suburbs were bawdy - houses . It appears too , from what the Bawd says be- low , But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pulled down ? " that the Clown had been particular in his ...
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... suppose , on account of their seeming obscurity . STEEVENS . The very ingenious emendation proposed by Dr. Roberts , is yet more strongly supported by another passage in the play before us , where this phrase occurs ( Act III . Sc ...
... suppose , on account of their seeming obscurity . STEEVENS . The very ingenious emendation proposed by Dr. Roberts , is yet more strongly supported by another passage in the play before us , where this phrase occurs ( Act III . Sc ...
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... suppose the speaker means - for the sake of getting such a dower as her friends might hereafter bestow on her , when time had reconciled them to her clandestine marriage . The verb - to propagate , is , however , as obscurely employed ...
... suppose the speaker means - for the sake of getting such a dower as her friends might hereafter bestow on her , when time had reconciled them to her clandestine marriage . The verb - to propagate , is , however , as obscurely employed ...
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... suppose that I would mock you . MALONE . I am satisfied with the sense afforded by the old punctuation . 4 ' tis my familiar sin STEEVENS . With maids to seem the LAPWING , ] The Oxford editor's note on this passage is in these words ...
... suppose that I would mock you . MALONE . I am satisfied with the sense afforded by the old punctuation . 4 ' tis my familiar sin STEEVENS . With maids to seem the LAPWING , ] The Oxford editor's note on this passage is in these words ...
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alludes ancient Antony and Cleopatra appears bawd believe Bianca BOSWELL Brabantio brother called Cassio Claudio Cymbeline Cyprus death Desdemona devil dost doth DUKE edit emendation EMIL EMILIA Enter ESCAL Exeunt Exit expression false faults fool friar give grace Hamlet handkerchief hast hath hear heart heaven HENLEY honest honour Iago ISAB Isabella jealousy JOHNSON King Henry King Lear LAGO LUCIO Macbeth MALONE married MASON means Michael Cassio modern editors Moor never night old copy Othello pardon passage perhaps phrase play poet Pompey pray PROV Provost quarto quarto reads Rape of Lucrece RITSON Roderigo says scene second folio seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's signifies Sir Thomas Hanmer soul speak speech STEEVENS suppose thee Theobald thing thou art thought tongue Troilus and Cressida true Venice villain virtue WARBURTON wife woman word Отн
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Page 486 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires; — Where should Othello go? — Now, how dost thou look now ? O ill-starr'd wench ! Pale as thy smock ! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 265 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs...
Page 64 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 202 - I'll lend you all my life to do you service. Duke. Against all sense you do importune her: Should she kneel down in mercy of this fact, Her brother's ghost his paved bed would break, And take her hence in horror.
Page 61 - tis too late. Lucio. You are too cold. [To Isabella. Isab. Too late? why, no; I, that do speak a word, May call it back again: Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 260 - And, till she come, as truly as to heaven I do confess the vices of my blood, So justly to your grave ears I'll present How I did thrive in this fair lady's love, And she in mine.
Page 378 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 104 - And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 462 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul, — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Page 475 - Ay, with Cassio. Nay had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.