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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He that hath miss'd the princess , is a thing Too bad for bad report : and he that hath her , ( I mean , that married her ... This passage means , I think , " Our bloods , or our constitutions , are not more regulated by the heavens ...
He that hath miss'd the princess , is a thing Too bad for bad report : and he that hath her , ( I mean , that married her ... This passage means , I think , " Our bloods , or our constitutions , are not more regulated by the heavens ...
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The poet does not , I think , mean to say merely , that the more mature regulated their dress by that of Posthumus . A glass that feated them , is a model , by viewing which their form became more elegant , and their manners more ...
The poet does not , I think , mean to say merely , that the more mature regulated their dress by that of Posthumus . A glass that feated them , is a model , by viewing which their form became more elegant , and their manners more ...
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May not sear up , here mean solder up , and the reference be to a lead coffin ? ... This expression , I suppose , means , " while sense can maintain its operations ; while sense continues to have its usual power .
May not sear up , here mean solder up , and the reference be to a lead coffin ? ... This expression , I suppose , means , " while sense can maintain its operations ; while sense continues to have its usual power .
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8 —a MANACLE- ] A manacle properly means what we now call a hand - cuff . STEEVENS . 9 There cannot be a pinch in death , More sharp than this is . ] So , in King Henry VIII . : CYM . O disloyal thing , 2 That should'st repair SC . II .
8 —a MANACLE- ] A manacle properly means what we now call a hand - cuff . STEEVENS . 9 There cannot be a pinch in death , More sharp than this is . ] So , in King Henry VIII . : CYM . O disloyal thing , 2 That should'st repair SC . II .
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CLO . Nay , come , let's go together . 2 LORD . Well , my lord . [ Exeunt . 9 her beauty and her brain go not together : ] I believe the lord means to speak a sentence , " Sir , as I told you always , beauty and brain go not together .
CLO . Nay , come , let's go together . 2 LORD . Well , my lord . [ Exeunt . 9 her beauty and her brain go not together : ] I believe the lord means to speak a sentence , " Sir , as I told you always , beauty and brain go not together .
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