The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 4R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... MALONE . 6 And I have play'd the SHEEP- ] The jest , such as it is , may escape the reader , unless he recollect ... MALONE . 7 And I A sheep . ] The article which is wanting in the only authentick copy , 1623 , was added in the second ...
... MALONE . 6 And I have play'd the SHEEP- ] The jest , such as it is , may escape the reader , unless he recollect ... MALONE . 7 And I A sheep . ] The article which is wanting in the only authentick copy , 1623 , was added in the second ...
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... MALONE . 9 Nay , in that you are ASTRAY , & c . ] For the reason Proteus gives , Dr. Thirlby advises that we should read - a stray , i . e . a stray sheep , which continues Proteus's banter upon Speed . I THEOBALD . -did she nod ...
... MALONE . 9 Nay , in that you are ASTRAY , & c . ] For the reason Proteus gives , Dr. Thirlby advises that we should read - a stray , i . e . a stray sheep , which continues Proteus's banter upon Speed . I THEOBALD . -did she nod ...
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... MALONE . 4 -you have TESTERN'D me ; ] You have gratified me with a tester , testern , or testen , that is , with a sixpence . JOHNSON . The old reading is - cestern'd . STEEVENS . This typographical error was corrected by the editor of ...
... MALONE . 4 -you have TESTERN'D me ; ] You have gratified me with a tester , testern , or testen , that is , with a sixpence . JOHNSON . The old reading is - cestern'd . STEEVENS . This typographical error was corrected by the editor of ...
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... MALONE . 7 There wanteth but a MEAN- ] The mean is the tenor in musick . So , in the Interlude of Marie Magdalen's Repentance , 1569 : 8 " Utilitie can sing the base full cleane , " And noble honour shall sing the meane . " STEEVENS ...
... MALONE . 7 There wanteth but a MEAN- ] The mean is the tenor in musick . So , in the Interlude of Marie Magdalen's Repentance , 1569 : 8 " Utilitie can sing the base full cleane , " And noble honour shall sing the meane . " STEEVENS ...
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... Malone's explanation of the verb - bid , is unquestionably just . So , in one of the parts of K. Henry VI . : 1 " Of force enough to bid his brother battle . " STEEVENS . my воsом , as a BED , shall lodge thee , ] So , in Venus and ...
... Malone's explanation of the verb - bid , is unquestionably just . So , in one of the parts of K. Henry VI . : 1 " Of force enough to bid his brother battle . " STEEVENS . my воsом , as a BED , shall lodge thee , ] So , in Venus and ...
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Page 390 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
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Page 100 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The Heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair, — For beauty lives with kindness ? Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling...