The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volumes 1-2Collins & Hannay, 1826 |
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... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining ; and , I believe , Thersites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be master - pieces of ill ...
... clowns , without which character there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining ; and , I believe , Thersites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be master - pieces of ill ...
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... clowns by any appearance of refined manners Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth is commonly supposed to have been a time of stateliness , formality , and reserve ...
... clowns by any appearance of refined manners Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth is commonly supposed to have been a time of stateliness , formality , and reserve ...
Page 77
... Clown in Hamlet , " Ay , tell me that , and unyoke ! " alluding to the B & λuros of the Greeks : and Homer and his scholiast are quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. Warburton , that the phrase might have been ...
... Clown in Hamlet , " Ay , tell me that , and unyoke ! " alluding to the B & λuros of the Greeks : and Homer and his scholiast are quoted accordingly ! If it be not sufficient to say , with Dr. Warburton , that the phrase might have been ...
Page 108
... Clown , in Henry the Fifth , but no such character ex- ists in the play of Shakespeare . Henry the Sixth hath ever been doubted ; and a passage in the above - quoted piece of Nash may give us reason to believe it was previous to our ...
... Clown , in Henry the Fifth , but no such character ex- ists in the play of Shakespeare . Henry the Sixth hath ever been doubted ; and a passage in the above - quoted piece of Nash may give us reason to believe it was previous to our ...
Page 294
... dog so cut , was called a cut , curt - tail , and by contraction , cur . Cut and long - tail therefore signify the dog of a clown , and the dog of a gentleman . STEEVENS . Anne . Now , master Slender Slen . Now , 294 ACT III . MERRY WIVES.
... dog so cut , was called a cut , curt - tail , and by contraction , cur . Cut and long - tail therefore signify the dog of a clown , and the dog of a gentleman . STEEVENS . Anne . Now , master Slender Slen . Now , 294 ACT III . MERRY WIVES.
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