The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 14F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... given to a body of the Citizens speaking at once . ieve , it ought to be assigned to the first Citizen . MALONE . 5 to the altitude- ] So , in King Henry VIII .: -- " He's traitor to the height . " STEEVENS . MEN . What work's , my ...
... given to a body of the Citizens speaking at once . ieve , it ought to be assigned to the first Citizen . MALONE . 5 to the altitude- ] So , in King Henry VIII .: -- " He's traitor to the height . " STEEVENS . MEN . What work's , my ...
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... given in the old copy to the second Citizen . But the dialogue at the opening of the play shows that it must have been a mistake , and that they ought to be attributed to the first Citizen . The second is rather friendly to Coriolanus ...
... given in the old copy to the second Citizen . But the dialogue at the opening of the play shows that it must have been a mistake , and that they ought to be attributed to the first Citizen . The second is rather friendly to Coriolanus ...
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... given . Skail , skale , to scatter , to spread , perhaps from the Fr. escheveler , Ital . scapigliare , crines passos , seu sparsos habere . All from the Latin capillus . Thus escheveler , schevel , skail ; but of more general ...
... given . Skail , skale , to scatter , to spread , perhaps from the Fr. escheveler , Ital . scapigliare , crines passos , seu sparsos habere . All from the Latin capillus . Thus escheveler , schevel , skail ; but of more general ...
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... given to hounds after they have hunted , or the venison which is taken by hunting . " This sufficiently explains the word of Coriolanus . MALONE . 9 -PICK my lance . ] And so the word [ pitch ] is still pro- nounced in Staffordshire ...
... given to hounds after they have hunted , or the venison which is taken by hunting . " This sufficiently explains the word of Coriolanus . MALONE . 9 -PICK my lance . ] And so the word [ pitch ] is still pro- nounced in Staffordshire ...
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... given by the Romans to him that saved the life of a Citizen , which was accounted more honourable than any other . JOHNSON . - - 5 to RETIRE myself . ] This verb active ( signifying to with- draw ) occurs in The Tempest : VOL . Indeed ...
... given by the Romans to him that saved the life of a Citizen , which was accounted more honourable than any other . JOHNSON . - - 5 to RETIRE myself . ] This verb active ( signifying to with- draw ) occurs in The Tempest : VOL . Indeed ...
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ancient Antigonus Antony and Cleopatra appear Aufidius Autolycus bear beseech blood Bohemia BOSWELL called Camillo Cominius consul Coriolanus Corioli Cymbeline death editors emendation enemy Enter Exeunt eyes father fear give gods Hanmer hath hear heart Hermione honour JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry lady LART LARTIUS LEON Leontes lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth MALONE MASON means Menenius mother never noble old copy Othello passage PAUL Paulina peace Perdita perhaps play Plutarch Polixenes pr'ythee Pray prince queen Roman Rome SCENE second folio senate sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHEP SICINIUS signifies speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose sword tell thee Theobald thing thou art Timon of Athens tongue tribunes Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT voices Volces Volumnia WARBURTON wife Winter's Tale word worthy Сом
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Page 350 - Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean : so, o'er that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art ~\\ hich does mend nature, — change it rather ; but The art itself is nature.
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Page 214 - What have you done ? Behold, the heavens do ope, The gods look down, and this unnatural scene They laugh at. O my mother, mother ! O ! You have won a happy victory to Rome ; But, for your son, — believe it, O, believe it, — Most dangerously you have with him prevailed, If not most mortal to him.