The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 1-2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 55
... means strong , but makes no at- tempt to explain the word in the play . Mr. Seward , in his preface to Beaumont and Fletcher , has very elaborately endea- voured to prove , that an arm - gaunt steed is a steed with lean shoulders . Arm ...
... means strong , but makes no at- tempt to explain the word in the play . Mr. Seward , in his preface to Beaumont and Fletcher , has very elaborately endea- voured to prove , that an arm - gaunt steed is a steed with lean shoulders . Arm ...
Page 56
... means ( says he ) the horse made such a neighing , that if he had spoke , he could not have been heard . " MALONE . The verb which Mr. Theobald would introduce , is found in Pericles , Prince of Tyre , 1609 : " Deep clerks she dumbs ...
... means ( says he ) the horse made such a neighing , that if he had spoke , he could not have been heard . " MALONE . The verb which Mr. Theobald would introduce , is found in Pericles , Prince of Tyre , 1609 : " Deep clerks she dumbs ...
Page 61
... means to wish , that sleep and feasting may pro- rogue to so distant a day all thoughts of fame and military achievement , that they may totally slide from Antony's mind . MALONE . Even till a Lethe'd dulness . ] i . e . to a Lethe'd ...
... means to wish , that sleep and feasting may pro- rogue to so distant a day all thoughts of fame and military achievement , that they may totally slide from Antony's mind . MALONE . Even till a Lethe'd dulness . ] i . e . to a Lethe'd ...
Page 62
... means to expect . So , in The Reve's Tale , v . 4027 : " Our manciple I hope he wol be ded . " STEEVENS . 5 -warr'd upon him ; ] The old copy has - wan'd . The emendation , which was made by the editor of the second folio , is supported ...
... means to expect . So , in The Reve's Tale , v . 4027 : " Our manciple I hope he wol be ded . " STEEVENS . 5 -warr'd upon him ; ] The old copy has - wan'd . The emendation , which was made by the editor of the second folio , is supported ...
Page 68
... means only , was proposed as an example for you to follow on a yet more extensive plan ; as themes are given for a writer to dilate upon . Shakspeare , how- ever , may prove the best commentator on himself . Thus , in Coriolanus , Act I ...
... means only , was proposed as an example for you to follow on a yet more extensive plan ; as themes are given for a writer to dilate upon . Shakspeare , how- ever , may prove the best commentator on himself . Thus , in Coriolanus , Act I ...
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