The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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Page 263
... Talbot ; and , as I fuppofe , are the dogs of war mentioned in Julius Cæfar . This image of the warlike Henry very much refembles Mont- faucon's defcription of the Mars difcovered at Breffe , who leads a lion and a lionefs in couples ...
... Talbot ; and , as I fuppofe , are the dogs of war mentioned in Julius Cæfar . This image of the warlike Henry very much refembles Mont- faucon's defcription of the Mars difcovered at Breffe , who leads a lion and a lionefs in couples ...
Page 432
... Talbot , Salisbury and Glofter , - Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd : This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crifpin Crifpian fhall ne'er go by , From this day to the ending of the world , But we in it fhall be ...
... Talbot , Salisbury and Glofter , - Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd : This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crifpin Crifpian fhall ne'er go by , From this day to the ending of the world , But we in it fhall be ...
Page 499
... Talbot is kill'd at the end of the fourth act of this play , who in reality did not fall till the 13th of July , 1453 and The Second Part of Henry VI . opens with the marriage of the king , which was folemnized eight years before Talbot's ...
... Talbot is kill'd at the end of the fourth act of this play , who in reality did not fall till the 13th of July , 1453 and The Second Part of Henry VI . opens with the marriage of the king , which was folemnized eight years before Talbot's ...
Page 499
... Talbot , afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury : John Talbot , his fon . Edmund Mortimer , Earl of March . Mortimer's Keeper , and a Lawyer . Sir John Faftolfe . Sir William Lucy . Sir William Glanfdale . Sir Thomas Gargrave . Mayor of London ...
... Talbot , afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury : John Talbot , his fon . Edmund Mortimer , Earl of March . Mortimer's Keeper , and a Lawyer . Sir John Faftolfe . Sir William Lucy . Sir William Glanfdale . Sir Thomas Gargrave . Mayor of London ...
Page 503
... Talbot fays to his troops : " You all confented unto Salisbury's death ,, " For none would strike a stroke in his revenge . " M. MASON . Confent , in all the books of the age of Elizabeth , and long after- wards , is the ufual fpelling ...
... Talbot fays to his troops : " You all confented unto Salisbury's death ,, " For none would strike a stroke in his revenge . " M. MASON . Confent , in all the books of the age of Elizabeth , and long after- wards , is the ufual fpelling ...
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againſt alfo ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph becauſe blood called caufe Dauphin death defire doth duke duke of Burgundy earl English Enter Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame father fays fcene fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince firft firſt foldiers folio fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fword Glofter grace Harfleur hath Henry IV himſelf Holinfhed honour JOHNSON King Henry King Henry VI knight laft loft lord mafter majefty MALONE means moft moſt muft muſt obferved old copy perfon phrafe PIST Piſtol play pleaſe Pope prefent prifoners prince quarto reafon Reignier Richard Plantagenet ſay ſcene Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Sir John Oldcastle Sir Thomas Hanmer ſpeak STEEVENS Talbot thee thefe themſelves THEOBALD theſe thofe thoſe thou ufed unto uſed WARBURTON whofe Whoſe word
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