The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 17J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... matter of more weight ; good Ifis , I beseech thee ! IRAS . Amen . Dear goddefs , hear that prayer of the people ! for , as it is a heart - breaking to fee a handsome man loofe - wived , fo it is a deadly forrow to behold a foul knave ...
... matter of more weight ; good Ifis , I beseech thee ! IRAS . Amen . Dear goddefs , hear that prayer of the people ! for , as it is a heart - breaking to fee a handsome man loofe - wived , fo it is a deadly forrow to behold a foul knave ...
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... matter ? CLEO . Pray you , ftand further from me . ANT . 2 the fides of nature Will not fuftain it . ] So , in Twelfth - Night : " There is no woman's fides " Can bide the beating of fo ftrong a paffion . " STEEVENS . CLEO . I know , by ...
... matter ? CLEO . Pray you , ftand further from me . ANT . 2 the fides of nature Will not fuftain it . ] So , in Twelfth - Night : " There is no woman's fides " Can bide the beating of fo ftrong a paffion . " STEEVENS . CLEO . I know , by ...
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... matter , whatever it be , by which they per- form tranfmutation , a medicine . JOHNSON . Thus Chapman , in his Shadow of Night , 1594 : " O then , thou great elixir of all treasures . " And on this paffage he has the following note ...
... matter , whatever it be , by which they per- form tranfmutation , a medicine . JOHNSON . Thus Chapman , in his Shadow of Night , 1594 : " O then , thou great elixir of all treasures . " And on this paffage he has the following note ...
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... matter of little confequence . MALONE . 4 Whiles we are fuitors to their throne , decays The thing we fue for . ] The meaning is , While we are praying , the thing for which we pray is lofing its value . JOHNSON . Beg often our own ...
... matter of little confequence . MALONE . 4 Whiles we are fuitors to their throne , decays The thing we fue for . ] The meaning is , While we are praying , the thing for which we pray is lofing its value . JOHNSON . Beg often our own ...
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... matter let not that part of nature , " Which my lord paid for , be of any power " To expel fickness , but prolong his hour . " The words honour and hour have been more than once con- founded in thefe plays . What Pompey seems to wish is ...
... matter let not that part of nature , " Which my lord paid for , be of any power " To expel fickness , but prolong his hour . " The words honour and hour have been more than once con- founded in thefe plays . What Pompey seems to wish is ...
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