The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 20J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... his thumb at me . " Argus . Why should not a man bite his thumb ? 66 66 Orgylus . At me ? were I fcorn'd to see men bite their thumbs , Rapiers and daggers , " & c . GREY . ABR . Do you bite your thumb at us , 10 ROMEO AND JULIET .
... his thumb at me . " Argus . Why should not a man bite his thumb ? 66 66 Orgylus . At me ? were I fcorn'd to see men bite their thumbs , Rapiers and daggers , " & c . GREY . ABR . Do you bite your thumb at us , 10 ROMEO AND JULIET .
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... See Vol . VIII . p . 38 , n . 8 . To fwash feems to have meant to be a bully , to be noifily valiant . So , Green , in his Card of Fancy , 1608 : " -in fpend- ing and spoiling , in fwearing and fwashing . " Barrett , in his Al vearie ...
... See Vol . VIII . p . 38 , n . 8 . To fwash feems to have meant to be a bully , to be noifily valiant . So , Green , in his Card of Fancy , 1608 : " -in fpend- ing and spoiling , in fwearing and fwashing . " Barrett , in his Al vearie ...
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... See Vol . VIII . p . 166 , n . 3 , and Vol . XIII . p . 35 , n . 6. MALONE . * Give me my long fword . ] The long fword was the fword ufed in war , which was fometimes wielded with both hands . See Vol . V. p . 76 , n . 3. MALone ...
... See Vol . VIII . p . 166 , n . 3 , and Vol . XIII . p . 35 , n . 6. MALONE . * Give me my long fword . ] The long fword was the fword ufed in war , which was fometimes wielded with both hands . See Vol . V. p . 76 , n . 3. MALone ...
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... See , where he comes : So please you , step afide ; I'll know his grievance , or be much denied . MON . I would , thou wert fo happy by thy ftay , To hear true fhrift . - Come , madam , let's away . [ Exeunt MONTAGUE and Lady . BEN ...
... See , where he comes : So please you , step afide ; I'll know his grievance , or be much denied . MON . I would , thou wert fo happy by thy ftay , To hear true fhrift . - Come , madam , let's away . [ Exeunt MONTAGUE and Lady . BEN ...
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... See Vol . VI . p . 35 , n . 9. MALONE . 8 And , in ftrong proof & c . ] As this play was written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , I cannot help regarding these speeches of Romeo as an oblique compliment to her majefty , who was not ...
... See Vol . VI . p . 35 , n . 9. MALONE . 8 And , in ftrong proof & c . ] As this play was written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , I cannot help regarding these speeches of Romeo as an oblique compliment to her majefty , who was not ...
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