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Page 12
... manner we find in the Apocryphal Book, I Macc. iv. 15, 'There were slain of them upon a three thousand men.' The same use of the indefinite article is to be met with more than once in Shakspeare. Thus in King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7 ...
... manner we find in the Apocryphal Book, I Macc. iv. 15, 'There were slain of them upon a three thousand men.' The same use of the indefinite article is to be met with more than once in Shakspeare. Thus in King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7 ...
Page 13
... manner the two nouns of similar meaning, ' tidings ' and ' news,' are used by our poet as of both numbers. Thus we find in him, ' It is a tidings,' and 'Ifiz's tidings,' as well as 'Iizese tidings;' also, ' This news is mortal,' and ...
... manner the two nouns of similar meaning, ' tidings ' and ' news,' are used by our poet as of both numbers. Thus we find in him, ' It is a tidings,' and 'Ifiz's tidings,' as well as 'Iizese tidings;' also, ' This news is mortal,' and ...
Page 15
... ass ; and he rode thereon.' In like manner, Shylock in the Merchant of Veniee :— Go with me to a notary; seal me. there Your single bond. Act i. Sc. 3. And Pandulf, in King :'folmf Act iii. Se. 4, 'John in the Bible and in Shahopeare. 1 5.
... ass ; and he rode thereon.' In like manner, Shylock in the Merchant of Veniee :— Go with me to a notary; seal me. there Your single bond. Act i. Sc. 3. And Pandulf, in King :'folmf Act iii. Se. 4, 'John in the Bible and in Shahopeare. 1 5.
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... manner of speaking may give rise, has been taken advantage of in the humorous scene between Petruchio and his servant Grumio at the door of Hortensio, in Taming qf the Shrew :— Petrarbie. Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say. Grumia. Knock ...
... manner of speaking may give rise, has been taken advantage of in the humorous scene between Petruchio and his servant Grumio at the door of Hortensio, in Taming qf the Shrew :— Petrarbie. Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say. Grumia. Knock ...
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... manner King Lear speaks of Cordelia as ' my sometime daughter,' Act i. Sc. 1. And in King Richard III. the same construction enables us to understand a difiicult line where the Queen Elizabeth, widow of King Edward IV., says to Richard ...
... manner King Lear speaks of Cordelia as ' my sometime daughter,' Act i. Sc. 1. And in King Richard III. the same construction enables us to understand a difiicult line where the Queen Elizabeth, widow of King Edward IV., says to Richard ...
Contents
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Of Shakspearer Religious Principles and Sentiments | 100 |
0f Diligence Sobriety and Chastity 22 1 | 234 |
Of Humility Contentment and Resignation 2 4 2 | 242 |
0f Holy Scripture the Christian Ministry | 259 |
Of PoliticsPeace and War 2 76 | 287 |
derived from | 310 |
5 | 332 |
GENERAL INDEX | 357 |
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