The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 13 |
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The meaning of it is this :: - " Our dispositions no more obey the heavens than our courtiers do ; they still seem as the king's does . " The obscurity arises from the omission of the pronoun they , by a common poetical licence .
The meaning of it is this :: - " Our dispositions no more obey the heavens than our courtiers do ; they still seem as the king's does . " The obscurity arises from the omission of the pronoun they , by a common poetical licence .
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The same allusion is common to other writers . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn : 66 a common trull , " A tempting sign , and curiously set forth , " To draw in riotous guests . " Again , in The Elder Brother ...
The same allusion is common to other writers . So , in Beaumont and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn : 66 a common trull , " A tempting sign , and curiously set forth , " To draw in riotous guests . " Again , in The Elder Brother ...
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7 — and the APPROBATION of those , -ARE wonderfully to extend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shakspeare's plays . So , in Julius Cæsar : " The posture of your blows are yet unknown . " See vol . xii . p .
7 — and the APPROBATION of those , -ARE wonderfully to extend him ; ] This grammatical inaccuracy is common in Shakspeare's plays . So , in Julius Cæsar : " The posture of your blows are yet unknown . " See vol . xii . p .
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5 which may , without contradiction , ] Which , undoubtedly , may be publickly told . JOHNSON . though I profess , & c . ] Though I have not the common obligations of a lover to his mistress , and regard her not with the fondness of a ...
5 which may , without contradiction , ] Which , undoubtedly , may be publickly told . JOHNSON . though I profess , & c . ] Though I have not the common obligations of a lover to his mistress , and regard her not with the fondness of a ...
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Twinn'd shells , or pairs of shells , are very common . For twinn'd we might read twin'd ; that is , twisted , convolved : but this sense is more applicable to shells than to stones . JOHNSON . The pebbles on the sea shore are so much ...
Twinn'd shells , or pairs of shells , are very common . For twinn'd we might read twin'd ; that is , twisted , convolved : but this sense is more applicable to shells than to stones . JOHNSON . The pebbles on the sea shore are so much ...
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| Title | The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 13 The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Contributor | Edmond Malone |
| Publisher | Rwington, 1821 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2015 |
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