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Steevens . I have always read irrational hind ; if hind be taken in its bestial sense , Armado makes Costard a female . Farmer . Shakspeare uses it in its bestial sense in Julius Cæsar , Act I , sc . iii , and as of the masculine gender ...
Steevens . I have always read irrational hind ; if hind be taken in its bestial sense , Armado makes Costard a female . Farmer . Shakspeare uses it in its bestial sense in Julius Cæsar , Act I , sc . iii , and as of the masculine gender ...
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Steevens . 7 ―――― -bear her in hand — ] i . e . delude her by fair promises . So , in Macbeth : " How you were borne in hand , how cross'd , " & c . Steevens . 8 - and counties ! ] County was the ancient general term for a nobleman .
Steevens . 7 ―――― -bear her in hand — ] i . e . delude her by fair promises . So , in Macbeth : " How you were borne in hand , how cross'd , " & c . Steevens . 8 - and counties ! ] County was the ancient general term for a nobleman .
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Steevens . 8 4 In such a night , Stood Dido with a willow in her hand- ] This passage contains a small instance out of many that might be brought to prove that Shakspeare was no reader of the classicks . Steevens .
Steevens . 8 4 In such a night , Stood Dido with a willow in her hand- ] This passage contains a small instance out of many that might be brought to prove that Shakspeare was no reader of the classicks . Steevens .
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