The Plays of William Shakespeare: The tragediesCassell, Petter & Galpin, 1865 |
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... correction . " ' 6. A prologue arm'd . Showing that the person appointed to speak this prologue was clad in armour , consistently with the " argument of the play ; whereas the usual dress for the speaker of a prologue was a suit of ...
... correction . " ' 6. A prologue arm'd . Showing that the person appointed to speak this prologue was clad in armour , consistently with the " argument of the play ; whereas the usual dress for the speaker of a prologue was a suit of ...
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... correction . 25. She praised his complexion above Paris . ' That of ' is elliptically understood before " Paris . " For an instance of similar construction , see Note 25 , Act ii . , " Winter's Tale . " 26. A merry Greek . That " Greek ...
... correction . 25. She praised his complexion above Paris . ' That of ' is elliptically understood before " Paris . " For an instance of similar construction , see Note 25 , Act ii . , " Winter's Tale . " 26. A merry Greek . That " Greek ...
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... correction . Various other substitutions have been proposed , as ' replies , ' ' retorts , ' ' recries , ' ' revies , ' and ' re - chides , ' of which we prefer the last ; but we adopt Pope's word , because it consists with the one used ...
... correction . Various other substitutions have been proposed , as ' replies , ' ' retorts , ' ' recries , ' ' revies , ' and ' re - chides , ' of which we prefer the last ; but we adopt Pope's word , because it consists with the one used ...
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... correction . 67. Legs for necessity , not for flexure . It was an old belief that the elephant could not bend its knees ; a belief shown to be false by Sir Thomas Brown in his " Vulgar Errors . " 68. Breath . Here used for breathing ...
... correction . 67. Legs for necessity , not for flexure . It was an old belief that the elephant could not bend its knees ; a belief shown to be false by Sir Thomas Brown in his " Vulgar Errors . " 68. Breath . Here used for breathing ...
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... correction . 10. My disposer . My disposer to mirth , ' ' my incliner to merry talk , ' ' my inciter to gaiety . ' See Note 26 , Act ii , " Love's Labour's Lost , " and Note 42 , Act ii . , " Twelfth Night . " It appears to us that this ...
... correction . 10. My disposer . My disposer to mirth , ' ' my incliner to merry talk , ' ' my inciter to gaiety . ' See Note 26 , Act ii , " Love's Labour's Lost , " and Note 42 , Act ii . , " Twelfth Night . " It appears to us that this ...
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