The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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... She has the very trick of his frown . " There is one fentence indeed fo applica- ble , both to Elizabeth and her father , that I fhould fufpect the poet inferted it after her death . Paulina , speaking of the child , tells the king ...
... She has the very trick of his frown . " There is one fentence indeed fo applica- ble , both to Elizabeth and her father , that I fhould fufpect the poet inferted it after her death . Paulina , speaking of the child , tells the king ...
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... : I'll give you my commiffion , The verb let , or hinder , which follows , fhows the neceffity of it : for fhe could not say she would give her husband a commiffion 2 To let him there a month , behind the WINTER'S TALE . ΙΣ.
... : I'll give you my commiffion , The verb let , or hinder , which follows , fhows the neceffity of it : for fhe could not say she would give her husband a commiffion 2 To let him there a month , behind the WINTER'S TALE . ΙΣ.
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... she is speaking , to let of hinder her husband . WARBURTON . " I'll give him my licence of abfence , fo as to obftruct or retard his departure for a month , " & c . To let him , however , may be ufed as many other reflective verbs are ...
... she is speaking , to let of hinder her husband . WARBURTON . " I'll give him my licence of abfence , fo as to obftruct or retard his departure for a month , " & c . To let him , however , may be ufed as many other reflective verbs are ...
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... She open'd her hand , to clap the palm of it into his , as people do when they confirm a bargain . Hence the phrafe to clap up a bargain , i . e . make one with no other ceremony than the junction of hands . So , in Ram - alley , or ...
... She open'd her hand , to clap the palm of it into his , as people do when they confirm a bargain . Hence the phrafe to clap up a bargain , i . e . make one with no other ceremony than the junction of hands . So , in Ram - alley , or ...
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... She did fo course o'er my exteriors , with fuch a greedy intention , " & c . M. MASON . 66 I think , with Mr. Steevens , that affection means here imagination , or perhaps more accurately , the difpofition of the mind when ftrongly ...
... She did fo course o'er my exteriors , with fuch a greedy intention , " & c . M. MASON . 66 I think , with Mr. Steevens , that affection means here imagination , or perhaps more accurately , the difpofition of the mind when ftrongly ...
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