The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 17R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI , the father who had killed his son says : " O pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI , the father who had killed his son says : " O pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
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... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy ...
... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy ...
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... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . JOHNSON . 9 ' Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . JOHNSON . Of those that turn'd their backs ; and ...
... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . JOHNSON . 9 ' Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . JOHNSON . Of those that turn'd their backs ; and ...
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... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . There can be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer , but he seems very anxious to prove him a rascal . After all , it is not impossible the word may be found to signify a ...
... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . There can be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer , but he seems very anxious to prove him a rascal . After all , it is not impossible the word may be found to signify a ...
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... means are very slender , and your waste is great . FAL . I would it were otherwise ; I would my means were greater , and my waist slenderer . CH . JUST . You have misled the youthful prince . FAL . The young prince hath misled me : I am ...
... means are very slender , and your waste is great . FAL . I would it were otherwise ; I would my means were greater , and my waist slenderer . CH . JUST . You have misled the youthful prince . FAL . The young prince hath misled me : I am ...
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