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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... woman . ] This is from the folio of 1623 , and is the true reading . He admires her for the sweetness of her voice . But the expression is highly humorous , as making her speaking small like a woman one of her marks of distinction ; and ...
... woman . ] This is from the folio of 1623 , and is the true reading . He admires her for the sweetness of her voice . But the expression is highly humorous , as making her speaking small like a woman one of her marks of distinction ; and ...
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... woman . nature . 8 This is a fine instance of Shakspeare's knowledge of WARBURTON . 19 a master of fence , ] Master of defence , on this occa- sion , does not simply mean a professor of the art of fencing , but a person who had taken ...
... woman . nature . 8 This is a fine instance of Shakspeare's knowledge of WARBURTON . 19 a master of fence , ] Master of defence , on this occa- sion , does not simply mean a professor of the art of fencing , but a person who had taken ...
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... Woman - Hater : Farewell , my hopes ; my anchor now is broken . " In the year 1558 a ballad , intitled " Hold the ancer fast , " is entered on the books of the Stationers ' Company . STEEVENS . Dr. Johnson very acutely proposes " the ...
... Woman - Hater : Farewell , my hopes ; my anchor now is broken . " In the year 1558 a ballad , intitled " Hold the ancer fast , " is entered on the books of the Stationers ' Company . STEEVENS . Dr. Johnson very acutely proposes " the ...
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... woman's marriage with big man : - " A wee mouse will creep under a mickle cornstack . " COLLINS . So , in Heywood's Fair Maid of the West , a comedy , 1631 : " He was nothing so tall as I ; but a little wee man , and some- what hutch ...
... woman's marriage with big man : - " A wee mouse will creep under a mickle cornstack . " COLLINS . So , in Heywood's Fair Maid of the West , a comedy , 1631 : " He was nothing so tall as I ; but a little wee man , and some- what hutch ...
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... woman's marriage with a big man : - " A wee mouse will under a mickle cornstack . " COLLINS . creep So , in Heywood's Fair Maid of the West , a comedy , 1631 : " He was nothing so tall as I ; but a little wee man , and some- what hutch ...
... woman's marriage with a big man : - " A wee mouse will under a mickle cornstack . " COLLINS . creep So , in Heywood's Fair Maid of the West , a comedy , 1631 : " He was nothing so tall as I ; but a little wee man , and some- what hutch ...
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ancient BARDOLPH basket CAIUS called Clown comedy dance Datchet devil doth drink DUKE edit editor Exeunt Exit fairies Falstaff Farmer Fenton fool FORD gentleman give hath heart honour HOST HUGH EVANS humour husband Illyria JOHNSON knave knight lady letter lord madam maid MALONE Malvolio Marry master Brook master doctor means Measure for Measure mistress Ford old copy old quarto Olivia passage phrase pia mater pipe-wine play Pliny's Natural History pray quarto Queen QUICK quoth racter REED RITSON scene second folio Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow shew signifies sing Sir Andrew Sir ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK sir John Sir John Falstaff Sir Toby SLEN Slender song speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet tell thee THEOBALD thou art Twelfth Night TYRWHITT Viola WARBURTON wife woman word