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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... phrase for what are you doing . JOHNSON . 4 See Vol . VIII . p . 4 , n . 7. STEEVENS . -good even , sir . ] So the copies . Sir Thomas Hanmer and Dr. Warburton put it - good morning . The alteration is of no importance , but all licence ...
... phrase for what are you doing . JOHNSON . 4 See Vol . VIII . p . 4 , n . 7. STEEVENS . -good even , sir . ] So the copies . Sir Thomas Hanmer and Dr. Warburton put it - good morning . The alteration is of no importance , but all licence ...
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... phrase for evading the law . STEEVENS . Cautel is subtlety or deceit . Minsheu in his Dictionary , 1617 , defines it , " A crafty way to deceive . " The word is again used by Shakspeare , in A Lover's Complaint : " In him a plenitude of ...
... phrase for evading the law . STEEVENS . Cautel is subtlety or deceit . Minsheu in his Dictionary , 1617 , defines it , " A crafty way to deceive . " The word is again used by Shakspeare , in A Lover's Complaint : " In him a plenitude of ...
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... phrase - de chef , whatever , in the present instance , might be its intended meaning . STEEVENS . of husbandry . ] i . e . of thrift ; œconomical prudence . See Vol . X. p . 93 , n . 5. MALONE . And it must follow , as the night the ...
... phrase - de chef , whatever , in the present instance , might be its intended meaning . STEEVENS . of husbandry . ] i . e . of thrift ; œconomical prudence . See Vol . X. p . 93 , n . 5. MALONE . And it must follow , as the night the ...
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... phrase , Wronging it thus , ) you'll tender me a fool . ] The paren- thesis is closed at the wrong place ; and we ... phrase , by twisting it and con- torting it , as I have done . WARBURTON . I believe the word wronging has reference ...
... phrase , Wronging it thus , ) you'll tender me a fool . ] The paren- thesis is closed at the wrong place ; and we ... phrase , by twisting it and con- torting it , as I have done . WARBURTON . I believe the word wronging has reference ...
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... phrases which at present are neither employed in writing , nor perhaps are reconcileable to propriety of language . To do a thing out , is to extinguish it , or to efface or obliterate any thing painted or written . In the first of ...
... phrases which at present are neither employed in writing , nor perhaps are reconcileable to propriety of language . To do a thing out , is to extinguish it , or to efface or obliterate any thing painted or written . In the first of ...
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