Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, Volume 1proprietors, 1820 |
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... ancient term for peas as they are brought to market . So , in Greene's Groundwork of Cony - catching , 1592 : " went twice in the week to London , either with fruit or pes- cods , " & c . Again , in The Shepherd's Slumber , a song ...
... ancient term for peas as they are brought to market . So , in Greene's Groundwork of Cony - catching , 1592 : " went twice in the week to London , either with fruit or pes- cods , " & c . Again , in The Shepherd's Slumber , a song ...
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... ancient and modern Times , 1613 , Proclus , a Greek author , is said to have divided the life - time of man into SEVEN AGES ; over each of which one of the seven planets was supposed to rule . " The FIRST AGE is called Infancy ...
... ancient and modern Times , 1613 , Proclus , a Greek author , is said to have divided the life - time of man into SEVEN AGES ; over each of which one of the seven planets was supposed to rule . " The FIRST AGE is called Infancy ...
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... ancient senses of sudden , is violent . Thus , in Macbeth : I grant him sudden , " Malicious , " & c . Steevens . 4 Full of wise saws and modern instances , ] It is remarkable that Shakspeare uses modern in the double sense that the ...
... ancient senses of sudden , is violent . Thus , in Macbeth : I grant him sudden , " Malicious , " & c . Steevens . 4 Full of wise saws and modern instances , ] It is remarkable that Shakspeare uses modern in the double sense that the ...
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... ancient mode of writing , was easily cor- rupted Farmer . So , in the Sonnet introduced into Love's Labour's Lost : . " Through the velvet leaves the wind " All unseen ' gan passage find . " Steevens . Again , in Measure for Measure ...
... ancient mode of writing , was easily cor- rupted Farmer . So , in the Sonnet introduced into Love's Labour's Lost : . " Through the velvet leaves the wind " All unseen ' gan passage find . " Steevens . Again , in Measure for Measure ...
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... ancient copies . Steevens . 9 But the fair of Rosalind . ] Thus the old copy . Fair is beauty , complexion . See the notes on a passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act I , sc . i , and The Comedy of Errors , Act II , sc . i . The ...
... ancient copies . Steevens . 9 But the fair of Rosalind . ] Thus the old copy . Fair is beauty , complexion . See the notes on a passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act I , sc . i , and The Comedy of Errors , Act II , sc . i . The ...
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Page 33 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 60 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes , And whistles in his sound.
Page 211 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 41 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 59 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 66 - Truly, Shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life ; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well ; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vild life. Now, in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well ; but in respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious.