The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 15C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... ancient statutes , p . 300 , having observed that Shakspeare gives English manners to every country where his scene lies , infers from this passage , that in the time even of queen Elizabeth , shipwrights as well as seamen were forced ...
... ancient statutes , p . 300 , having observed that Shakspeare gives English manners to every country where his scene lies , infers from this passage , that in the time even of queen Elizabeth , shipwrights as well as seamen were forced ...
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... ancient stage , it is as injudiciously contracted on the modern one . Steevens . Well may it sort , ] The cause and effect are proportionate and suitable . Johnson . 3 the question of these wars . ] The theme or subject . So , in Antony ...
... ancient stage , it is as injudiciously contracted on the modern one . Steevens . Well may it sort , ] The cause and effect are proportionate and suitable . Johnson . 3 the question of these wars . ] The theme or subject . So , in Antony ...
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... ancient su- perstition . Philostratus giving an account of the apparition of Achilles ' shade to Apollonius Tyaneus , says that it vanished with a little glimmer as soon as the cock crowed . Vit . Apol . iv , 16 . Steevens . Faded has ...
... ancient su- perstition . Philostratus giving an account of the apparition of Achilles ' shade to Apollonius Tyaneus , says that it vanished with a little glimmer as soon as the cock crowed . Vit . Apol . iv , 16 . Steevens . Faded has ...
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... ancient proverbial phrase " To cry with one eye and laugh with the other , " buckram'd by our author for the service of tragedy . See Ray's Collection , edit . 1768 , p . 188. Steevens . • Colleagued with this dream of his advantage ...
... ancient proverbial phrase " To cry with one eye and laugh with the other , " buckram'd by our author for the service of tragedy . See Ray's Collection , edit . 1768 , p . 188. Steevens . • Colleagued with this dream of his advantage ...
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... ancient sense , then the meaning will be , -I am more than thy kinsman , for I am thy step - son ; being such , I am less near to thee than thy natural offspring , and therefore not entitled to the appel- lation of son , which you have ...
... ancient sense , then the meaning will be , -I am more than thy kinsman , for I am thy step - son ; being such , I am less near to thee than thy natural offspring , and therefore not entitled to the appel- lation of son , which you have ...
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