The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 19J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... phrase occurs in Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour : " By this air , the most divine tobacco I ever drank ! ” To drink , in both these instances , signifies to inhale . STEEVENS . PAIN . Ay , marry , what of these ? 16 ACT I. TIMON ...
... phrase occurs in Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour : " By this air , the most divine tobacco I ever drank ! ” To drink , in both these instances , signifies to inhale . STEEVENS . PAIN . Ay , marry , what of these ? 16 ACT I. TIMON ...
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... phrase for draw the air , or breathe . To " drink the free air , " therefore , " through another , " is to breathe freely at his will only ; so as to depend on him for the privilege of life : not even to breathe freely without his per ...
... phrase for draw the air , or breathe . To " drink the free air , " therefore , " through another , " is to breathe freely at his will only ; so as to depend on him for the privilege of life : not even to breathe freely without his per ...
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... phrase , " cannot but want my assistance . " STEEVENS . ' Tis not enough & c . ] This thought is better expressed by Dr. Madden in his Elegy on Archbishop Boulter : " More than they ask'd he gave ; and deem'd it mean " Only to help the ...
... phrase , " cannot but want my assistance . " STEEVENS . ' Tis not enough & c . ] This thought is better expressed by Dr. Madden in his Elegy on Archbishop Boulter : " More than they ask'd he gave ; and deem'd it mean " Only to help the ...
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... phrase . JOHNSON . Whatever be the meaning of the present passage , it is certain , that lying in waste is still a very common phrase . FARMER . A wasteful cock is what we now call a waste pipe ; a pipe which is continually running ...
... phrase . JOHNSON . Whatever be the meaning of the present passage , it is certain , that lying in waste is still a very common phrase . FARMER . A wasteful cock is what we now call a waste pipe ; a pipe which is continually running ...
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... phrase used here . Lucilius says to his ad- versary : 4 " There is so much , that thou wilt kill me straight . " MALONE . If his occasion were not virtuous , ] Virtuous for strong , for- cible , pressing . WARBURTON . The meaning may ...
... phrase used here . Lucilius says to his ad- versary : 4 " There is so much , that thou wilt kill me straight . " MALONE . If his occasion were not virtuous , ] Virtuous for strong , for- cible , pressing . WARBURTON . The meaning may ...
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