The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 10J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... tales instead of tragedies ; but a survey of the notions that prevailed at the time when this play was written , will prove that Shakspeare was in no danger of such censures , since he only turned the system that was then universally ...
... tales instead of tragedies ; but a survey of the notions that prevailed at the time when this play was written , will prove that Shakspeare was in no danger of such censures , since he only turned the system that was then universally ...
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... Tale : " the old shepherd , which stands by , " & c . MALONE . -- The old reading - Which never , appears to indicate that some antecedent words , now irretrievable , were omitted in the play- house manuscript ; unless the compositor's ...
... Tale : " the old shepherd , which stands by , " & c . MALONE . -- The old reading - Which never , appears to indicate that some antecedent words , now irretrievable , were omitted in the play- house manuscript ; unless the compositor's ...
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... tale to say . " STEEVENS . That seems to speak things strange . ] i . e . that seems about to speak strange things . Our author himself furnishes us with the best comment on this passage . In Antony and Cleopatra we meet with nearly the ...
... tale to say . " STEEVENS . That seems to speak things strange . ] i . e . that seems about to speak strange things . Our author himself furnishes us with the best comment on this passage . In Antony and Cleopatra we meet with nearly the ...
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... tale , • baA Г As thick as tale , ] Meaning , that the news came as thick as a tale can travel with the post . Or we may read , perhaps , yet better : As thick as tale , Came post with post ; - t That is , posts arrived as fast as they ...
... tale , • baA Г As thick as tale , ] Meaning , that the news came as thick as a tale can travel with the post . Or we may read , perhaps , yet better : As thick as tale , Came post with post ; - t That is , posts arrived as fast as they ...
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... Tale : 66 - all my sorrows " You have paid home . " It may be observed , that " thrusted home " is an expression used at this day ; but " trusted home , " I believe , was never used at any period whatsoever . I have had frequent ...
... Tale : 66 - all my sorrows " You have paid home . " It may be observed , that " thrusted home " is an expression used at this day ; but " trusted home , " I believe , was never used at any period whatsoever . I have had frequent ...
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