The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 8J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Henry the Fift , a book . } " The Comedy of Much Ado , a book . The dates scattered over these plays are from 1596 to 1615 . STEEVENS . to be staid . " This comedy , I believe , was written in 1600. See An Attempt to ascertain the Order ...
... Henry the Fift , a book . } " The Comedy of Much Ado , a book . The dates scattered over these plays are from 1596 to 1615 . STEEVENS . to be staid . " This comedy , I believe , was written in 1600. See An Attempt to ascertain the Order ...
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... Henry IV . P. II . Falstaff says to Pistol : " Nay , if he do nothing but speak nothing , he shall be nothing here . " STEEVENS . Naught and nought are frequently confounded in old English books . I once thought that the latter was here ...
... Henry IV . P. II . Falstaff says to Pistol : " Nay , if he do nothing but speak nothing , he shall be nothing here . " STEEVENS . Naught and nought are frequently confounded in old English books . I once thought that the latter was here ...
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... not signify a man viciously addicted to games of chance , but a frolicksome person . Thus , in King Henry VIII : " You are a merry gamester , my lord Sands . " STEEVENS . 5 more than he . Yet he's gentle ; never 14 AS YOU LIKE IT . ACT I.
... not signify a man viciously addicted to games of chance , but a frolicksome person . Thus , in King Henry VIII : " You are a merry gamester , my lord Sands . " STEEVENS . 5 more than he . Yet he's gentle ; never 14 AS YOU LIKE IT . ACT I.
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... Henry V : " Come , your answer in broken musick ; for thy voice is musick , and thy English broken . " STEEvens . odds in the men : ] Sir T. Hanmer . In the old editions , JOHNSON . DUKE F. Do so ; I'll not be by . 24 ACT I AS YOU LIKE IT .
... Henry V : " Come , your answer in broken musick ; for thy voice is musick , and thy English broken . " STEEvens . odds in the men : ] Sir T. Hanmer . In the old editions , JOHNSON . DUKE F. Do so ; I'll not be by . 24 ACT I AS YOU LIKE IT .
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... Henry VIII : 66 Which of the peers " Have uncontemn'd gone by him , or at least " Strangely neglected ? " Uncontemn'd must be understood as if the author had writtennot contem'd ; otherwise the subsequent words would convey a meaning ...
... Henry VIII : 66 Which of the peers " Have uncontemn'd gone by him , or at least " Strangely neglected ? " Uncontemn'd must be understood as if the author had writtennot contem'd ; otherwise the subsequent words would convey a meaning ...
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