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... Merchant of Venice is assigned to 1596 , and Henry the Fourth to 1597 . Besides these there are the three Parts of Henry the Sixth , which Meres does not mention , but which , if Shakespeare's at all , must belong to the earlier part of ...
... Merchant of Venice is assigned to 1596 , and Henry the Fourth to 1597 . Besides these there are the three Parts of Henry the Sixth , which Meres does not mention , but which , if Shakespeare's at all , must belong to the earlier part of ...
Page 86
... Merchant of Venice , ii . 2. 205 : ' Like one well studied in a sad ostent To please his grandam ' ; where sad ostent ' means an assumed appearance of gravity . In the present passage ' sad ' may possibly be understood in its ordinary ...
... Merchant of Venice , ii . 2. 205 : ' Like one well studied in a sad ostent To please his grandam ' ; where sad ostent ' means an assumed appearance of gravity . In the present passage ' sad ' may possibly be understood in its ordinary ...
Page 89
... Merchant of Venice , iii . 2. 97 ; ' disdain'd , ' 1 Henry IV , i . 3. 183 ; ' simple- answer'd , ' that is , simple in your answer , furnished with a simple answer , which is the reading of the folios in King Lear , iii . 7. 43 : ' the ...
... Merchant of Venice , iii . 2. 97 ; ' disdain'd , ' 1 Henry IV , i . 3. 183 ; ' simple- answer'd , ' that is , simple in your answer , furnished with a simple answer , which is the reading of the folios in King Lear , iii . 7. 43 : ' the ...
Page 98
... Merchant of Venice , iv . I. 346 : ' I'll stay no longer question . ' Steevens in the present passage conjectured ' question ' in the singular , but the plural may denote Helena's repeated efforts at inducing Demetrius to talk with her ...
... Merchant of Venice , iv . I. 346 : ' I'll stay no longer question . ' Steevens in the present passage conjectured ' question ' in the singular , but the plural may denote Helena's repeated efforts at inducing Demetrius to talk with her ...
Page 104
... Merchant of Venice , ii . 6. 42 : " They in themselves , good sooth , are too too light . ' The full phrase is in good sooth , ' as in As You Like It , iii . 2. 410 : ' But , in good sooth , are you he that hangs the verses on the trees ...
... Merchant of Venice , ii . 6. 42 : " They in themselves , good sooth , are too too light . ' The full phrase is in good sooth , ' as in As You Like It , iii . 2. 410 : ' But , in good sooth , are you he that hangs the verses on the trees ...
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