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... overcame the Nervii- " Look ! in this place , ran Caffius ' dagger 66 « through ; " See , what a rent the envious Cafca made . " Through this , the well - beloved Brutus ftabb'd . " " And " And in HIS [ r . THIS , des PREFACE . xiii.
... overcame the Nervii- " Look ! in this place , ran Caffius ' dagger 66 « through ; " See , what a rent the envious Cafca made . " Through this , the well - beloved Brutus ftabb'd . " " And " And in HIS [ r . THIS , des PREFACE . xiii.
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... see the passage as it ftands in the original : Agamemnon being roufed by a Dream fent from Jupiter gets up before break of day , and dresses himself first in a foft , handsome and new tunic , or waftcoat [ xilva ; ] over which be cafts ...
... see the passage as it ftands in the original : Agamemnon being roufed by a Dream fent from Jupiter gets up before break of day , and dresses himself first in a foft , handsome and new tunic , or waftcoat [ xilva ; ] over which be cafts ...
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... al , and talle . See Hicks Grammat . Anglo - S . f . 16. In Chaucer , aldirmoft is most of all . And in the prologue of the Canterbury tales , y . 801 . b 3 - " Shall " Shall have a fupper at our alder cost . PREFACE . xxi.
... al , and talle . See Hicks Grammat . Anglo - S . f . 16. In Chaucer , aldirmoft is most of all . And in the prologue of the Canterbury tales , y . 801 . b 3 - " Shall " Shall have a fupper at our alder cost . PREFACE . xxi.
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... " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
... " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
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John Upton. pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV where ' tis obferved that Shakespeare shortens words by ftriking off the first fyllable , which is no unusual thing in our language : among the inftances ... See B. III. Rule XIV ...
John Upton. pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV where ' tis obferved that Shakespeare shortens words by ftriking off the first fyllable , which is no unusual thing in our language : among the inftances ... See B. III. Rule XIV ...
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