The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4C. Bathurst, 1778 |
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... kind of candied fruit much ufed in our author's time . So , in Romeo and Juliet : " They call for dates and quinces in the pastry . " The fame quibble occurs in Troilus and Creffida : " —and then to be bak'd with no date in the pye ...
... kind of candied fruit much ufed in our author's time . So , in Romeo and Juliet : " They call for dates and quinces in the pastry . " The fame quibble occurs in Troilus and Creffida : " —and then to be bak'd with no date in the pye ...
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... kind muft of neceffity be . Were I to propose any change , I would read should inftead of ball . It does not however appear that this rapturous effufion of Helena was defigned to be intelligible to Parolles . Its obfcurity , therefore ...
... kind muft of neceffity be . Were I to propose any change , I would read should inftead of ball . It does not however appear that this rapturous effufion of Helena was defigned to be intelligible to Parolles . Its obfcurity , therefore ...
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... kind . " STEEVENS . • A prophet , I , madam ; and I speak the truth the next way : ] It is a fuperftition , which has run through all ages and people , that natural fools have fomething in them of divinity . On which ac- count they were ...
... kind . " STEEVENS . • A prophet , I , madam ; and I speak the truth the next way : ] It is a fuperftition , which has run through all ages and people , that natural fools have fomething in them of divinity . On which ac- count they were ...
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... kind . Count . Get you gone , fir ; I'll talk with you more anon . Stew . May it please you , madam , that he bid He- len come to you ; of her I am to speak . Count . Sirrah , tell my gentlewoman , I would speak with her ; Helen I mean ...
... kind . Count . Get you gone , fir ; I'll talk with you more anon . Stew . May it please you , madam , that he bid He- len come to you ; of her I am to speak . Count . Sirrah , tell my gentlewoman , I would speak with her ; Helen I mean ...
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... kind they fpeak it ; only fin And hellish obftinacy tie thy tongue , That truth should be fufpected : Speak , is't fo ? If it be fo , you have wound a goodly clue ; If it be not , forfwear't : howe'er , I charge thee , As heaven fhall ...
... kind they fpeak it ; only fin And hellish obftinacy tie thy tongue , That truth should be fufpected : Speak , is't fo ? If it be fo , you have wound a goodly clue ; If it be not , forfwear't : howe'er , I charge thee , As heaven fhall ...
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