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 19AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 101
... devil's necke , and ride the devil a course , and belabour him with his wooden dagger , till he made him roare , whereat the people would laugh to see the devil so vice - haunted . " STEEVENS . Dr. Warburton has endeavoured to support ...
... devil's necke , and ride the devil a course , and belabour him with his wooden dagger , till he made him roare , whereat the people would laugh to see the devil so vice - haunted . " STEEVENS . Dr. Warburton has endeavoured to support ...
Page 246
... devil . We have divers old English proverbs , in which the devil is represented as acting or suffering ridiculously and absurdly , which all arose from the part he bore in these mysteries , as in that , for instance , of Great Cry and ...
... devil . We have divers old English proverbs , in which the devil is represented as acting or suffering ridiculously and absurdly , which all arose from the part he bore in these mysteries , as in that , for instance , of Great Cry and ...
Page 249
... Devil ; and he had several trite expressions , as , I'll be with you in a trice : Ah , ha , boy , are you there ? & c . And this was great entertainment to the audience , to see their old enemy so belaboured in effigy . In King Henry V ...
... Devil ; and he had several trite expressions , as , I'll be with you in a trice : Ah , ha , boy , are you there ? & c . And this was great entertainment to the audience , to see their old enemy so belaboured in effigy . In King Henry V ...
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