The Plays of William Shakspeare ...Johnson, 1803 |
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... word , which is always right in The Tempest : " Is not this Stephano , my drunken butler ? " And always wrong in his earlier play , The Merchant of Venice , which had been on the stage at least two or three years before its publication ...
... word , which is always right in The Tempest : " Is not this Stephano , my drunken butler ? " And always wrong in his earlier play , The Merchant of Venice , which had been on the stage at least two or three years before its publication ...
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... word . So , in Decker's Satiromaftix : " They'll make his mufe as yare as a tumbler . " STEEVENS . Here it is applied as a fea - term , and in other parts of the fcene . So he uses the adjective , A & t V. fc . v : " Our fhip is tight ...
... word . So , in Decker's Satiromaftix : " They'll make his mufe as yare as a tumbler . " STEEVENS . Here it is applied as a fea - term , and in other parts of the fcene . So he uses the adjective , A & t V. fc . v : " Our fhip is tight ...
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... word is common to other ancient writers . They took it from the French abyfme , now written abime . So , in Heywood's Brazen Age , 1613 : / " And chafe him from the deep abyfms below . " STEEVENS . I Twelve years fince , Miranda ...
... word is common to other ancient writers . They took it from the French abyfme , now written abime . So , in Heywood's Brazen Age , 1613 : / " And chafe him from the deep abyfms below . " STEEVENS . I Twelve years fince , Miranda ...
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... word . So , in Fletcher's Prophetess , the chorus , fpeaking of Drufilla , fays : " But takes their oaths , in lieu ... words , which are unneceffary to the metre ; hear , at the beginning of the next speech , being ufed as a diffyllable ...
... word . So , in Fletcher's Prophetess , the chorus , fpeaking of Drufilla , fays : " But takes their oaths , in lieu ... words , which are unneceffary to the metre ; hear , at the beginning of the next speech , being ufed as a diffyllable ...
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... words , in verb . to deg , and to deck ; and his DICT . of South Country words , in verb . dag . The latter fignifies ... word fhould be printed degg'd , which , fays he , fignifies Sprinkled , and is in daily ufe in the North of England ...
... words , in verb . to deg , and to deck ; and his DICT . of South Country words , in verb . dag . The latter fignifies ... word fhould be printed degg'd , which , fays he , fignifies Sprinkled , and is in daily ufe in the North of England ...
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againſt alfo ancient Antony and Cleopatra Ariel becauſe Caliban called Demetrius doth DUKE Exeunt expreffion eyes faid fairy fame fays fecond feems fenfe fervant fhall fhould fignifies fince fing firft firſt fleep folio fome fometimes fong foul fpeak fpeech fpirits ftand ftill ftrange fuch fuppofe fure fweet Gentlemen of Verona hath Hermia himſelf houſe inftance JOHNSON Julia King lady LAUN loft lord Lyfander mafter MALONE means meaſure MIRA miſtreſs moft monfter moon moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf night Oberon obferves Othello paffage play pleaſe prefent Profpero Proteus PUCK purpoſe Pyramus quarto Queen reafon Richard III RITSON ſay ſcene ſeems ſenſe Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhall ſhe Silvia ſpeak SPEED STEEVENS ſweet thee thefe Theobald theſe thofe thoſe thou Thurio Titania tranflation TRIN ufed uſed Valentine Warburton whofe Winter's Tale word