The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 7C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1806 |
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... observe , that some word , necessary to complete the verse , has been omitted in the old copy . Sir T. Hanmer reads- Our captains , brave Macbeth , & c . Steevens . 6 As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; & c . ] That is , with ...
... observe , that some word , necessary to complete the verse , has been omitted in the old copy . Sir T. Hanmer reads- Our captains , brave Macbeth , & c . Steevens . 6 As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; & c . ] That is , with ...
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... observed in a note on Chaucer , 3512 , ) is taken from the Gospel of Nicodemus , and was called by our ancestors the barrowinge of belle , under which title it was represented among the Chester Whitsun Playes , MS . Harl . 2013 . Rynt ...
... observed in a note on Chaucer , 3512 , ) is taken from the Gospel of Nicodemus , and was called by our ancestors the barrowinge of belle , under which title it was represented among the Chester Whitsun Playes , MS . Harl . 2013 . Rynt ...
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... observe more , thirtie two in all , " All which are pointed out upon the carde . " The card is the paper on which the winds are marked under the pilot's needle ; or perhaps the sea - chart , so called in our au- thor's age . Thus , in ...
... observe more , thirtie two in all , " All which are pointed out upon the carde . " The card is the paper on which the winds are marked under the pilot's needle ; or perhaps the sea - chart , so called in our au- thor's age . Thus , in ...
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... So , in The Winter's Tale : It may be observed , that " thrusted home " is an expression used at this day ; but " trusted home , " I believe , was never used Might yet enkindle you unto the crown , Besides the МАСВЕТНн . 39.
... So , in The Winter's Tale : It may be observed , that " thrusted home " is an expression used at this day ; but " trusted home , " I believe , was never used Might yet enkindle you unto the crown , Besides the МАСВЕТНн . 39.
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... observed , however , that double and single anciently signified strong and weak , when applied to liquors , and perhaps to other objects . In this sense the former word may be employ- ed by Brabantio- 66 - a voice potential " As double ...
... observed , however , that double and single anciently signified strong and weak , when applied to liquors , and perhaps to other objects . In this sense the former word may be employ- ed by Brabantio- 66 - a voice potential " As double ...
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Page 16 - What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state.
Page 379 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 85 - I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 102 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
Page 240 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 386 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, Told of a many thousand warlike French That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : Another lean unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.
Page 42 - tis strange ! And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths ; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
Page 149 - Sit, worthy friends : — my lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth : pray you, keep seat ; The fit is momentary ; upon a thought...
Page 70 - He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host. Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.