The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare...: Embracing a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected, Volume 4Phillips, Sampson, 1857 - 38 pages |
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... means a thrust , a blow : the metaphorical use of the word for a smart stroke of wit , taunt , reproachful retort , & c . , is justified by a similar application of kindred terms in all languages . witty in myself , but the cause that ...
... means a thrust , a blow : the metaphorical use of the word for a smart stroke of wit , taunt , reproachful retort , & c . , is justified by a similar application of kindred terms in all languages . witty in myself , but the cause that ...
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... means a face exempt from the touch of vulgar hands . Steevens imagines that there may be a quibble intended on the coin called a real , or royal ; that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face , than by the face stamped on the ...
... means a face exempt from the touch of vulgar hands . Steevens imagines that there may be a quibble intended on the coin called a real , or royal ; that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face , than by the face stamped on the ...
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... means to tell the man that he is on a wrong scent . The folio and the modern editions print hunt - counter with a hyphen , so as to make it appear like a name ; but in the quartos the words are disjoined - hunt counter . Fal . An't ...
... means to tell the man that he is on a wrong scent . The folio and the modern editions print hunt - counter with a hyphen , so as to make it appear like a name ; but in the quartos the words are disjoined - hunt counter . Fal . An't ...
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... means are very slender , and your waste is great . Fal . I would it were otherwise ; I would my means were greater , and my waist slenderer . Ch . Just . You have misled the youthful prince . Fal . The young prince hath misled me . I am ...
... means are very slender , and your waste is great . Fal . I would it were otherwise ; I would my means were greater , and my waist slenderer . Ch . Just . You have misled the youthful prince . Fal . The young prince hath misled me . I am ...
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... mean not to sweat extraordinarily ; if it be a hot day , an I brandish any thing but my bottle , I would I migh never spit white again . There is not a dangerous action can peep out his head , but I am thrust upon it . Well , I cannot ...
... mean not to sweat extraordinarily ; if it be a hot day , an I brandish any thing but my bottle , I would I migh never spit white again . There is not a dangerous action can peep out his head , but I am thrust upon it . Well , I cannot ...
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