The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 9J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... used by perfons of Sly's character on like occa- fions . The following explanation of the word is given by Sir Thomas Smith , in his book de Sermone Anglico , printed by Robert Stephens , 4to : " To feixe , means in fila diducere ...
... used by perfons of Sly's character on like occa- fions . The following explanation of the word is given by Sir Thomas Smith , in his book de Sermone Anglico , printed by Robert Stephens , 4to : " To feixe , means in fila diducere ...
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... used in Beaumont and Fletcher's Wit without Money : will you go drink 66 " And let the world flide , uncle ? " It occurs , however , or fomewhat very much resembling it , in the ancient Morality entitled The iiii Elements : HOST . You ...
... used in Beaumont and Fletcher's Wit without Money : will you go drink 66 " And let the world flide , uncle ? " It occurs , however , or fomewhat very much resembling it , in the ancient Morality entitled The iiii Elements : HOST . You ...
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... used when it suited the rhyme . Again , in the old morality of Every Man : 66 Though thou weep till thy heart to - braft . " STEEVENS . Burft is ftill ufed for broke in the North of England . See Dodfley's Collection of Old Plays , edit ...
... used when it suited the rhyme . Again , in the old morality of Every Man : 66 Though thou weep till thy heart to - braft . " STEEVENS . Burft is ftill ufed for broke in the North of England . See Dodfley's Collection of Old Plays , edit ...
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... used in his days for a lurcher , and that Shakspeare himself has made it a dog of a particular species : " Mastiff , greyhound , mungrill grim , " Hound or spaniel , brach or lym . ” King Lear , A & III . fc . v . But it is manifeft ...
... used in his days for a lurcher , and that Shakspeare himself has made it a dog of a particular species : " Mastiff , greyhound , mungrill grim , " Hound or spaniel , brach or lym . ” King Lear , A & III . fc . v . But it is manifeft ...
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... used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as fynonymous to bitch : " Venus , your brach there , runs fo proud , " & c . So , alfo , our author in King Henry IV . P. I : " I'd rather hear Lady , my brach , howl in Irish ...
... used by Chapman in his Gentleman Usher , a comedy , 1606 , as fynonymous to bitch : " Venus , your brach there , runs fo proud , " & c . So , alfo , our author in King Henry IV . P. I : " I'd rather hear Lady , my brach , howl in Irish ...
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