The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 9C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI , the father who had killed his son says : “ Ŏ pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
... means here some great , important , or dreadful event . So , in The Third Part of King Henry VI , the father who had killed his son says : “ Ŏ pity , God ! this miserable age ! " What stratagems , how fell , how butcherly ! " This ...
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... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse Up to the rowel - head ; 5 and , 10 SECOND PART OF.
... means the horse wearied with his journey . Jade , however , seems anciently to have signified what we now call a hackney ; a beast employed in drudgery , opposed to a horse Up to the rowel - head ; 5 and , 10 SECOND PART OF.
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... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . Johnson . 2'Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . Fohnson . From avaller , Fr. to cast down , or to ...
... means reduced to a lower temper , or , as the workmen call it , let down . Johnson . 2'Gan vail his stomach , ] Began to fall his courage , to let his spirits sink under his fortune . Fohnson . From avaller , Fr. to cast down , or to ...
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... mean that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face - royal , than by the face stamped on the coin called a royal ; the one requiring as little shaving as the other . Steevens . If nothing be taken out of a royal , it will remain a ...
... mean that a barber can no more earn sixpence by his face - royal , than by the face stamped on the coin called a royal ; the one requiring as little shaving as the other . Steevens . If nothing be taken out of a royal , it will remain a ...
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... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . There can be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer but he seems very anxious to prove him a rascal . After all , it is not impossible the word may be found to signify a ...
... means , base tyke , or worthless dog . There can be no reason why Falstaff should call the attendant a blunderer but he seems very anxious to prove him a rascal . After all , it is not impossible the word may be found to signify a ...
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