The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 5J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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Page 11
... poor scare - crowe , at London an asse , " If lowsie is Lucy , as some volke miscalle it , " Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : " He thinks himself greate , " Yet an asse in his state , " We allow by his ears but with asses to ...
... poor scare - crowe , at London an asse , " If lowsie is Lucy , as some volke miscalle it , " Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it : " He thinks himself greate , " Yet an asse in his state , " We allow by his ears but with asses to ...
Page 14
... poor Slender should characterise his mistress by a general quality belonging to her whole sex . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Quince tells Flute , who objects to playing a woman's part , " You shall play it in a mask , and you may ...
... poor Slender should characterise his mistress by a general quality belonging to her whole sex . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Quince tells Flute , who objects to playing a woman's part , " You shall play it in a mask , and you may ...
Page 27
... poor Slender was himself a poet . He probably means the Poems of Lord Surrey and others , which were very popular in the age of Queen Elizabeth . They were printed in 1567 , with this title : " Songes and Sonnettes , written by the ...
... poor Slender was himself a poet . He probably means the Poems of Lord Surrey and others , which were very popular in the age of Queen Elizabeth . They were printed in 1567 , with this title : " Songes and Sonnettes , written by the ...
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... poor gentleman born . ANNE . I may not go in without your worship : they will not sit , till you come . SLEN . I'faith , I'll eat nothing ; I thank you as much as though I did . ANNE . I pray you , sir , walk in . SLEN . I had rather ...
... poor gentleman born . ANNE . I may not go in without your worship : they will not sit , till you come . SLEN . I'faith , I'll eat nothing ; I thank you as much as though I did . ANNE . I pray you , sir , walk in . SLEN . I had rather ...
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... poor : 9 7 the humour of this age , ] Thus the 4to . 1619 : The folio reads - the honor of the age . STEEVENS . Let vultures gripe thy guts ! ] This hemistich is a burlesque on a passage in Tamburlaine , or The Scythian Shepherd , of ...
... poor : 9 7 the humour of this age , ] Thus the 4to . 1619 : The folio reads - the honor of the age . STEEVENS . Let vultures gripe thy guts ! ] This hemistich is a burlesque on a passage in Tamburlaine , or The Scythian Shepherd , of ...
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ancient believe Ben Jonson CAIUS called Clown comedy devil doctor doth DUKE edit editor Enter Exeunt Exit fairies Falstaff Farmer fool gentleman Gentlemen of Verona give hath heart heaven honour HOST humour husband Illyria JOHNSON King Henry King Lear knave knight lady letter Lionello lord maid MALONE Malvolio marry master Brook master doctor means Measure for Measure mistress Anne mistress Ford Mutio old copy old quarto Olivia passage phrase PIST Pistol play pray quarto Queen QUICK quoth Richard III SCENE second folio Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Andrew Sir ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK Sir Hugh Sir John Sir John Falstaff Sir Toby SLEN song speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet tell thee Theobald thou art three merry TYRWHITT Viola WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word