The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 3C. and A. Conrad, 1805 |
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... means Cotswold , in Gloucestershire . In the beginning of the reign of James the First , by permission of the king , one Dover , a public - spirited attorney of Barton on the Heath , in Warwickshire , instituted on the hills of Cotswold ...
... means Cotswold , in Gloucestershire . In the beginning of the reign of James the First , by permission of the king , one Dover , a public - spirited attorney of Barton on the Heath , in Warwickshire , instituted on the hills of Cotswold ...
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... means the broad shilling of one of our kings , ap- pears from comparing these words with the corresponding passage in the old quarto : " Ay by this handkerchief did he ; -two faire shovel - board shillings , besides seven groats in mill ...
... means the broad shilling of one of our kings , ap- pears from comparing these words with the corresponding passage in the old quarto : " Ay by this handkerchief did he ; -two faire shovel - board shillings , besides seven groats in mill ...
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... mean being beaten ; and cashiered , turned out of com- pany . Steevens . The word fap , is probably made from vappa ... means drunk , as appears from the glossaries . Douce . and so conclusions pass'd the careires . " Slen . 22 MERRY WIVES.
... mean being beaten ; and cashiered , turned out of com- pany . Steevens . The word fap , is probably made from vappa ... means drunk , as appears from the glossaries . Douce . and so conclusions pass'd the careires . " Slen . 22 MERRY WIVES.
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... means , that the common bounds of good behaviour are overpassed . Johnson . To pass the cariere was a military phrase , or rather perhaps a term of the menage . I find it in one of sir John Smythe's Dis- courses , 1589 , where ...
... means , that the common bounds of good behaviour are overpassed . Johnson . To pass the cariere was a military phrase , or rather perhaps a term of the menage . I find it in one of sir John Smythe's Dis- courses , 1589 , where ...
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... mean , that , like a skilful harquebuzier , he takes a good aim , though he has rested his piece for a minute only . So ... means to say , that the perfection of steal- ing is to do it in the shortest time possible . Sir J. Hawkins . Tis ...
... mean , that , like a skilful harquebuzier , he takes a good aim , though he has rested his piece for a minute only . So ... means to say , that the perfection of steal- ing is to do it in the shortest time possible . Sir J. Hawkins . Tis ...
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