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... Verp . Huds . White , Hal . Clarke . ULR . This was the usual name of the person who spoke the prologues and epi- logues to the play or to single acts - a custom derived from those older dramas which ( like the Gorboduc of Lord ...
... Verp . Huds . White , Hal . Clarke . ULR . This was the usual name of the person who spoke the prologues and epi- logues to the play or to single acts - a custom derived from those older dramas which ( like the Gorboduc of Lord ...
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... Verp . Huds . NARES . Exactly as we now say dashing ; spirited and calculated to surprise . Also [ as in this place ] violent , overpowering . KNT . Samson and Gregory are described as armed with swords and bucklers . The swashing blow ...
... Verp . Huds . NARES . Exactly as we now say dashing ; spirited and calculated to surprise . Also [ as in this place ] violent , overpowering . KNT . Samson and Gregory are described as armed with swords and bucklers . The swashing blow ...
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... Verp . Huds . HAZ . As we should now say , police . HUNTER . This word should probably be so printed as to indicate that the citizen called out , " Clubs , " an English expression used to part combatants . It may still sometimes be ...
... Verp . Huds . HAZ . As we should now say , police . HUNTER . This word should probably be so printed as to indicate that the citizen called out , " Clubs , " an English expression used to part combatants . It may still sometimes be ...
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... Verp . DEL . The sycamore or wild fig tree Sh . has referred to in Love's Lab . Lost , V , ii , and in Othello IV , iii , as a tree whose shade is dedicated to dejected lovers . BEISLY . Sycamore ( Acer Pseudo - Platanus ) , great maple ...
... Verp . DEL . The sycamore or wild fig tree Sh . has referred to in Love's Lab . Lost , V , ii , and in Othello IV , iii , as a tree whose shade is dedicated to dejected lovers . BEISLY . Sycamore ( Acer Pseudo - Platanus ) , great maple ...
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... Verp . DEL . [ Lexicon , p . 162 ] This play of antitheses , so truly Shakspearian , betrays the later touches of the poet's hand . [ Ulr . ULR . Benvolio means to say that he was in a melancholy state similar to Ro- meo's , and hence ...
... Verp . DEL . [ Lexicon , p . 162 ] This play of antitheses , so truly Shakspearian , betrays the later touches of the poet's hand . [ Ulr . ULR . Benvolio means to say that he was in a melancholy state similar to Ro- meo's , and hence ...
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appears art thou banished beauty Ben Jonson Benvolio called Cambr Capell Cham Clarke Coll Collier conj Corn Count Paris Cupid dead death doth dramatic Dyce Dyce ed edition editors emendation English Enter Romeo Exeunt Exit eyes F₂ fair father Friar Friar Lawrence give gleek HALLIWELL hand hast hath haue heart Huds humour Italian Johns Julia Ktly Lady Capulet LETTSOM light Lord loue lovers Malone Mantua married means Mercutio misprint Montague NARES night Nurse Paris passage passion play poem poet Pope Prince Q₁ Q₂ QqFf reading Romeo and Juliet Romeus Roselo Rowe runaway says scene seems sense Shakespeare ſhall ſhe Sing speak speech STEEV Steevens sweet tell thee Theob thou art thought tomb tragedy Tybalt Verona Verp WALKER Warb White word