“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Mason observes , that the meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who seems as if he had strange things to speak . " The following passage in The Tempest seems to afford no un- apt comment upon this : pr'ythee , say on : " The ...
... Mason observes , that the meaning of Lenox is , " So should he look , who seems as if he had strange things to speak . " The following passage in The Tempest seems to afford no un- apt comment upon this : pr'ythee , say on : " The ...
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... Mason would read wonder , not wonders ; for , says he , " I believe the word wonder , in the sense of admiration , has no plural . " In modern language it certainly has none ; yet I cannot help thinking that , in the present instance ...
... Mason would read wonder , not wonders ; for , says he , " I believe the word wonder , in the sense of admiration , has no plural . " In modern language it certainly has none ; yet I cannot help thinking that , in the present instance ...
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... MASON . seated- ] i . e . fixed , firmly placed . So , in Milton's Paradise Lost , B. VI . 643 : " From their foundations loos'ning to and fro " They pluck'd the seated hills . " STEEVENS . Present fears Are less than horrible ...
... MASON . seated- ] i . e . fixed , firmly placed . So , in Milton's Paradise Lost , B. VI . 643 : " From their foundations loos'ning to and fro " They pluck'd the seated hills . " STEEVENS . Present fears Are less than horrible ...
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... think it more probable that it refers to Duncan ; and that by his surcease Macbeth means Duncan's death , which was the object of his contemplation . M. MASON . Might be the be - all and the end - SC . VII . 79 МАСВЕТΗ .
... think it more probable that it refers to Duncan ; and that by his surcease Macbeth means Duncan's death , which was the object of his contemplation . M. MASON . Might be the be - all and the end - SC . VII . 79 МАСВЕТΗ .
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... Mason observes , that we might more advantageously read- Thus even - handed justice , & c . STEEVENS . The old reading I believe to be the true one , because Shak- speare has very frequently used this mode of expression . So , a little ...
... Mason observes , that we might more advantageously read- Thus even - handed justice , & c . STEEVENS . The old reading I believe to be the true one , because Shak- speare has very frequently used this mode of expression . So , a little ...
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