The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 9C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... Steevens . Shakspeare , however , ( as Mr. Steevens has observed ) cer- tainly does not use the word as a term of contempt ; for King Richard the Second gives this appellation to his favourite horse Roan Barbary , on which Henry the ...
... Steevens . Shakspeare , however , ( as Mr. Steevens has observed ) cer- tainly does not use the word as a term of contempt ; for King Richard the Second gives this appellation to his favourite horse Roan Barbary , on which Henry the ...
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... Steevens . 7 to gird at me : ] i . e , to gibe . So , in Lyly's Mother Bom- bie , 1594 : We maids are mad wenches ; we gird them , and flout them , " & c . Steevens . 8 mandrake , ] Mandrake is a root supposed to have the shape of a man ...
... Steevens . 7 to gird at me : ] i . e , to gibe . So , in Lyly's Mother Bom- bie , 1594 : We maids are mad wenches ; we gird them , and flout them , " & c . Steevens . 8 mandrake , ] Mandrake is a root supposed to have the shape of a man ...
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... Steevens . I believe an agate is used merely to express any thing remark . ably little , without any allusion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . IV , p . 234 , n . 7 : " If low , an agate very vilely cut ...
... Steevens . I believe an agate is used merely to express any thing remark . ably little , without any allusion to the figure cut upon it . So , in Much Ado about Nothing , Vol . IV , p . 234 , n . 7 : " If low , an agate very vilely cut ...
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... Steevens . 4 Let him be damned like the glutton ! may his tongue be hotter ! ] An allusion to the fate of the rich man , who had fared sumptu- ously every day , when he requested a drop of water to cool his tongue , being tormented with ...
... Steevens . 4 Let him be damned like the glutton ! may his tongue be hotter ! ] An allusion to the fate of the rich man , who had fared sumptu- ously every day , when he requested a drop of water to cool his tongue , being tormented with ...
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... Steevens . In The Choice of Change , 1598 , 4to . it is said , " a man must not make choyce of three things in three places . Of a wife in West- minster ; of a servant in Paul's ; of a horse in Smithfield ; least he chuse a queane , a ...
... Steevens . In The Choice of Change , 1598 , 4to . it is said , " a man must not make choyce of three things in three places . Of a wife in West- minster ; of a servant in Paul's ; of a horse in Smithfield ; least he chuse a queane , a ...
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