The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 18J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI . the father who had killed his son says : " O pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI . the father who had killed his son says : " O pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
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... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy ...
... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse kept for show , or to be rid by its master . So , in a comedy ...
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... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . JOHNSON . 9 ' Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . JOHNSON . From avaller , Fr. to cast down , or to ...
... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . JOHNSON . 9 ' Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . JOHNSON . From avaller , Fr. to cast down , or to ...
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... mean to make a hare " Of me , to hunt counter thus , and make these doubles , " And you mean no such thing as you send ... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer , but he ...
... mean to make a hare " Of me , to hunt counter thus , and make these doubles , " And you mean no such thing as you send ... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer , but he ...
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... means to allude to the counter - prison . Sir T. Overbury , in his character of A Ser- jeant's Yeoman , 1616 , ( in modern language , a bailiff's follower , ) calls him a counter - rat . " MALONE . study , and perturbation of the brain ...
... means to allude to the counter - prison . Sir T. Overbury , in his character of A Ser- jeant's Yeoman , 1616 , ( in modern language , a bailiff's follower , ) calls him a counter - rat . " MALONE . study , and perturbation of the brain ...
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alludes ancient appears BARD Bardolph battle of Agincourt believe Ben Jonson blood brother called captain Constable of France crown dead death doth Duke Earl edition emendation England English Enter Exeter Exeunt Falstaff father Fluellen folio former France French give grace Harfleur hast hath heart heaven Henry VI Holinshed honour HOST humour JOHNSON Justice KATH King Henry King Henry IV king's kirtle knight lord Love's Labour's Lost majesty MALONE MASON master means merry never noble observed old copy old play Oldcastle peace perhaps PIST Pistol poet POINS Pope pray prince quarto RITSON says scene sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Dagonet sir John sir John Falstaff Sir John Oldcastle soldier speak speech STEEVENS suppose sword tell thee THEOBALD thing Thomas thou thought unto valour WARBURTON Westmoreland word