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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... called in foreign countries . Douce . -- to FEAR the birds of prey , ] To fear is to affright , to ter- rify . So , in the Merchant of Venice : 66 this aspect of mine " Hath fear'd the valiant . " STEEVENS . 2 Than FALL , and bruise to ...
... called in foreign countries . Douce . -- to FEAR the birds of prey , ] To fear is to affright , to ter- rify . So , in the Merchant of Venice : 66 this aspect of mine " Hath fear'd the valiant . " STEEVENS . 2 Than FALL , and bruise to ...
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... called a smith's brake . In this last sense , Ben Jonson uses the word in his Underwoods : " And not think he had eat a stake , " Or were set up in a brake . " And , for the former sense , see The Silent Woman , Act IV . Again , for the ...
... called a smith's brake . In this last sense , Ben Jonson uses the word in his Underwoods : " And not think he had eat a stake , " Or were set up in a brake . " And , for the former sense , see The Silent Woman , Act IV . Again , for the ...
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... called the Duke of Excester's daughter , by means of which pain he shewed many things , " & c . " When the Dukes of Exeter and Suffolk , ( says Blackstone , in his Commentaries , vol . iv . chap . xxv . p . 320 , 321 , ) and other mi ...
... called the Duke of Excester's daughter , by means of which pain he shewed many things , " & c . " When the Dukes of Exeter and Suffolk , ( says Blackstone , in his Commentaries , vol . iv . chap . xxv . p . 320 , 321 , ) and other mi ...
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... called to account for their conduct , ) evidently show that brake of vice here means the engine of torture . The same mode of question is again referred to in Act V .: " To the rack with him : we'll touze you joint by joint , " But we ...
... called to account for their conduct , ) evidently show that brake of vice here means the engine of torture . The same mode of question is again referred to in Act V .: " To the rack with him : we'll touze you joint by joint , " But we ...
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... called - a low chair , designed for the ease of sick people , and , occasionally , occupied by lazy ones . Of these conveniencies I have seen many , though , perhaps , at present they are wholly disused . STEEVENS . 1 - room . OPEN room ...
... called - a low chair , designed for the ease of sick people , and , occasionally , occupied by lazy ones . Of these conveniencies I have seen many , though , perhaps , at present they are wholly disused . STEEVENS . 1 - room . OPEN room ...
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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.