The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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... meaning , when by one or more of these causes it becomes obscure ; either from a licentious use of terms , or a hard or ungrammatical construction ; or lastly , from far - fetched or quaint allusions . 1. This licentious use of words is ...
... meaning , when by one or more of these causes it becomes obscure ; either from a licentious use of terms , or a hard or ungrammatical construction ; or lastly , from far - fetched or quaint allusions . 1. This licentious use of words is ...
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... meaning which certain commentators after his death had by their glosses extorted from his works . It is a curious speculation to consider how many thousand would have been requisite for this editor to have inflicted on our great ...
... meaning which certain commentators after his death had by their glosses extorted from his works . It is a curious speculation to consider how many thousand would have been requisite for this editor to have inflicted on our great ...
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... meaning : he would promise much and performe little he was vicious of his bodie , and gaue the clergie euil example . " Edit . 1587 , p . 922 . Perhaps after this quotation , you may not think , that Sir Thomas Hanmer , who reads Tyth'd ...
... meaning : he would promise much and performe little he was vicious of his bodie , and gaue the clergie euil example . " Edit . 1587 , p . 922 . Perhaps after this quotation , you may not think , that Sir Thomas Hanmer , who reads Tyth'd ...
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