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... King Lear : ' And if that the bowle of curds , & creame were not duly set out for Robin good - fellow the Frier , & Sisse the dairy - maide , to meete at binch pinch , and laugh not , when the good wife was a bed , why then , either the ...
... King Lear : ' And if that the bowle of curds , & creame were not duly set out for Robin good - fellow the Frier , & Sisse the dairy - maide , to meete at binch pinch , and laugh not , when the good wife was a bed , why then , either the ...
Page 68
... King Lear , v . I. I : Know of the duke if his last purpose hold . ' < Twelfth Night , iii . 4. 278 : Do me this courteous office , as to know of the knight what my offence to him is . ' Ib . blood , passion as opposed to reason . See ...
... King Lear , v . I. I : Know of the duke if his last purpose hold . ' < Twelfth Night , iii . 4. 278 : Do me this courteous office , as to know of the knight what my offence to him is . ' Ib . blood , passion as opposed to reason . See ...
Page 71
... King Lear , ii . 4. 64 : How chance the king comes with so small a train ? ' Abbott , § 37 . 130. Belike , probably , by likelihood . See Julius Cæsar , iii . 2. 275 : ' Belike they had some notice of the people . ' The word is unusual ...
... King Lear , ii . 4. 64 : How chance the king comes with so small a train ? ' Abbott , § 37 . 130. Belike , probably , by likelihood . See Julius Cæsar , iii . 2. 275 : ' Belike they had some notice of the people . ' The word is unusual ...
Page 77
... King Lear , ii . 1. 41 : mumbling of wicked charms . ' Also As You Like It , ii . 4. 44 : searching of thy wound . ' 232. holding no quantity , having no proportion to the estimate formed of them . Compare Hamlet , iii . 2. 177 : ' For ...
... King Lear , ii . 1. 41 : mumbling of wicked charms . ' Also As You Like It , ii . 4. 44 : searching of thy wound . ' 232. holding no quantity , having no proportion to the estimate formed of them . Compare Hamlet , iii . 2. 177 : ' For ...
Page 83
... King Lear , ii . 3. 10 , and The Tempest , v . I. 33 . 20. fell , fierce ; from Old French , fel , Italian fello , with which felon is connected . Compare Othello , v . 2. 362 : More fell than anguish , hunger , or the sea ! ' Ib ...
... King Lear , ii . 3. 10 , and The Tempest , v . I. 33 . 20. fell , fierce ; from Old French , fel , Italian fello , with which felon is connected . Compare Othello , v . 2. 362 : More fell than anguish , hunger , or the sea ! ' Ib ...
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