The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 18J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 11
... seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy called A Knack to know a Knave , 1594 : " Besides , I'll give ...
... seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy called A Knack to know a Knave , 1594 : " Besides , I'll give ...
Page 12
... seem'd in running to devour the way , Staying no longer question . NORTH . Ha ! Again . Said he , young Harry Percy's ... seems to have been a very common term for a man of vehemence and precipitation . Stanyhurst , who translated four ...
... seem'd in running to devour the way , Staying no longer question . NORTH . Ha ! Again . Said he , young Harry Percy's ... seems to have been a very common term for a man of vehemence and precipitation . Stanyhurst , who translated four ...
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... seems not much to countenance such a supposition . I will venture to distribute this passage in a man- ner which will , I hope , seem more commodious ; but do not wish the reader to forget , that the most commodious is not always the ...
... seems not much to countenance such a supposition . I will venture to distribute this passage in a man- ner which will , I hope , seem more commodious ; but do not wish the reader to forget , that the most commodious is not always the ...
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... Seem'd on our side , but , for their spirits and souls , This word , rebellion , it had froze them up , As fish are in a pond : But now the bishop Turns insurrection to religion : Suppos'd sincere and holy in his thoughts , He's follow ...
... Seem'd on our side , but , for their spirits and souls , This word , rebellion , it had froze them up , As fish are in a pond : But now the bishop Turns insurrection to religion : Suppos'd sincere and holy in his thoughts , He's follow ...
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... seems to mean that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face - royal , than by the face stamped on the coin called a royal ; the one requiring as little shaving as the other . STEEVENS . If nothing be taken out of a royal , it will ...
... seems to mean that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face - royal , than by the face stamped on the coin called a royal ; the one requiring as little shaving as the other . STEEVENS . If nothing be taken out of a royal , it will ...
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alludes ancient appears BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt believe Ben Jonson blood brother called captain Constable of France crown dead death doth Duke Earl edition emendation England English Enter Exeter Exeunt Falstaff father Fluellen folio former France French give grace Harfleur hast hath heart heaven Henry VI Holinshed honour HOST humour JOHNSON Justice KATH King Henry King Henry IV king's kirtle knight lord Love's Labour's Lost majesty MALONE MASON master means merry never noble observed old copy old play Oldcastle peace perhaps PIST Pistol poet POINS Pope pray prince quarto RITSON says scene sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Dagonet sir John sir John Falstaff Sir John Oldcastle soldier speak speech STEEVENS suppose sword tell thee THEOBALD thing Thomas thou thought unto valour WARBURTON Westmoreland word