The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5 |
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Page 77
But they took the phrase , to stand firmly on , to signify to insist upon ; whereas it signifies to rest upon , which the character of a secure fool , given to him , shews . So that the common reading has an elegance that would be lost ...
But they took the phrase , to stand firmly on , to signify to insist upon ; whereas it signifies to rest upon , which the character of a secure fool , given to him , shews . So that the common reading has an elegance that would be lost ...
Page 87
-frampold — ] This word I have never seen elsewhere , except in Dr. Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams , where a frampul man signifies a peevish troublesome fellow . Johnson , In The Roaring Girl ...
-frampold — ] This word I have never seen elsewhere , except in Dr. Hacket's Life of Archbishop Williams , where a frampul man signifies a peevish troublesome fellow . Johnson , In The Roaring Girl ...
Page 135
To drumble , in Devonshire , signifies to mutter in a sullen and inarticulate voice . No other sense of the word will either explain this interrogation , or the passages adduced in Mr. Steevens's note . To drumble and drone are often ...
To drumble , in Devonshire , signifies to mutter in a sullen and inarticulate voice . No other sense of the word will either explain this interrogation , or the passages adduced in Mr. Steevens's note . To drumble and drone are often ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5 The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Isaac Reed |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2008 |
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