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 13Rwington, 1821 |
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... STEEVENS . In my apprehension , Imogen's sentiment is simply this : " Had I been stolen by thieves in my infancy , ( or , as she says in ano- ther place , born a neat - herd's daughter , ) I had been happy . But instead of that , I am ...
... STEEVENS . In my apprehension , Imogen's sentiment is simply this : " Had I been stolen by thieves in my infancy , ( or , as she says in ano- ther place , born a neat - herd's daughter , ) I had been happy . But instead of that , I am ...
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... STEEVENS . Mr. Steevens forgets that this is not a love letter , written in the ordinary course by Posthumus to Imogen , but a letter of recom- mendation , written for the express purpose of introducing lachimo to her . The paragraph ...
... STEEVENS . Mr. Steevens forgets that this is not a love letter , written in the ordinary course by Posthumus to Imogen , but a letter of recom- mendation , written for the express purpose of introducing lachimo to her . The paragraph ...
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... STEEVENS . IS STRANGE and peevish . ] He is a foreigner , and easily fretted . JOHNSON . 66 Strange , I believe , signifies shy or backward . So , Holinshed , p . 735 : brake to him his mind in this mischievous matter , in which he ...
... STEEVENS . IS STRANGE and peevish . ] He is a foreigner , and easily fretted . JOHNSON . 66 Strange , I believe , signifies shy or backward . So , Holinshed , p . 735 : brake to him his mind in this mischievous matter , in which he ...
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... STEEVENS . he FURNACES The thick sighs from him ; ] So , in Chapman's preface to his translation of the Shield of ... STEEVENS . Sighing like furnace , with a woeful ballad . " MALone . LAUGHS - cries , O ! Can my SIDES HOLD , & c ...
... STEEVENS . he FURNACES The thick sighs from him ; ] So , in Chapman's preface to his translation of the Shield of ... STEEVENS . Sighing like furnace , with a woeful ballad . " MALone . LAUGHS - cries , O ! Can my SIDES HOLD , & c ...
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... STEEVENS . 3 - join gripes with hands , & c . ] The old edition reads : -join gripes with hands 66 " Made hard with hourly falsehood ( falsehood as " With labour ) then by peeping in an eye , " & c . I read : " then lie peeping ...
... STEEVENS . 3 - join gripes with hands , & c . ] The old edition reads : -join gripes with hands 66 " Made hard with hourly falsehood ( falsehood as " With labour ) then by peeping in an eye , " & c . I read : " then lie peeping ...
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ALCIB Alcibiades Antony and Cleopatra APEM Apemantus Arviragus Athens Belarius believe better BOSWELL Cæsar called Cloten Cymbeline death dost doth edition editors emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false fear FLAV fool fortune gentleman give gods gold GUIDERIUS Hamlet hast hath heart heaven honest honour IACH Iachimo Imogen jewel JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear lady Leonatus look lord Lucius Lucullus Macbeth MALONE MASON master means metre mistress nature noble old copy old reading passage Perhaps Pisanio play poet POST Posthumus pr'ythee pray Queen Rape of Lucrece RITSON Roman says SCENE second folio sense SERV servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose thee Theobald thief thine thing thou art thought Timon Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT villain WARBURTON word