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Page 128
Shakespeare ( Rom . and Jul . iii . 1 ) has“ But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine . ” Though the French phrase être mis à
merci and the Latin phrase poni in misericordiâ meant the same thing in old ...
Shakespeare ( Rom . and Jul . iii . 1 ) has“ But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine . ” Though the French phrase être mis à
merci and the Latin phrase poni in misericordiâ meant the same thing in old ...
Page 132
Shakespeare , as Newton observed , has the word cressets in the sense of “
blazing lights " ( Hen . IV . Part I. iii . 1 ) ; and Todd quotes it from Sylvester's Du
Bartas . 739 , 740. “ in Ausonian land men called him Mulciber , " i.e. in Italy men
...
Shakespeare , as Newton observed , has the word cressets in the sense of “
blazing lights " ( Hen . IV . Part I. iii . 1 ) ; and Todd quotes it from Sylvester's Du
Bartas . 739 , 740. “ in Ausonian land men called him Mulciber , " i.e. in Italy men
...
Page 133
The phrase " torturing hour , " in a somewhat different connexion , occurs in
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , Act V. Sc . i . where Theseus says , “
Is there no play To ease the anguish of a torturing hour ? " 97. “ this essential , ”
i.e. ...
The phrase " torturing hour , " in a somewhat different connexion , occurs in
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , Act V. Sc . i . where Theseus says , “
Is there no play To ease the anguish of a torturing hour ? " 97. “ this essential , ”
i.e. ...
Page 142
Newton aptly quotes Shakespeare's lines in Measure for Measure : - " And the
delighted spirit To bathe in fery floods , or to reside In thrilling regtons of thick -
ribbed ice . ” 617. “ Viewed first ” : i.e. for the first time . 618 . No rest . " Dunster
cites ...
Newton aptly quotes Shakespeare's lines in Measure for Measure : - " And the
delighted spirit To bathe in fery floods , or to reside In thrilling regtons of thick -
ribbed ice . ” 617. “ Viewed first ” : i.e. for the first time . 618 . No rest . " Dunster
cites ...
Page 143
a cry of hounds ” in the same sense , from Sylvester's Du Bartas ; and Mr.
Keightley “ You common cry of curs ” from Shakespeare's Coriolanus , III . iii . 659
–661 . “ Far less abhorred " ( i.e. “ to be abhorred ” ) “ than these z'exed Scylla .
a cry of hounds ” in the same sense , from Sylvester's Du Bartas ; and Mr.
Keightley “ You common cry of curs ” from Shakespeare's Coriolanus , III . iii . 659
–661 . “ Far less abhorred " ( i.e. “ to be abhorred ” ) “ than these z'exed Scylla .
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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