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 51
... appears the true one . MALONE . 8 — I'll tickle your catastrophe . ] This expreffion occurs feveral times in The Merry Devil of Edmonton , 1608 : " Bankes your ale is a Philiftine ; foxe zhart there fire i'th ' tail ont ; you are a ...
... appears the true one . MALONE . 8 — I'll tickle your catastrophe . ] This expreffion occurs feveral times in The Merry Devil of Edmonton , 1608 : " Bankes your ale is a Philiftine ; foxe zhart there fire i'th ' tail ont ; you are a ...
Page 55
... appears to me , practised upon the easy - yielding fpirit of this woman , and made her ferve your ufes both in purse and perfon . HOST . Yea , in troth , my lord . CH . JUST . Pr'ythee , peace : -Pay her the debt you owe her , and unpay ...
... appears to me , practised upon the easy - yielding fpirit of this woman , and made her ferve your ufes both in purse and perfon . HOST . Yea , in troth , my lord . CH . JUST . Pr'ythee , peace : -Pay her the debt you owe her , and unpay ...
Page 57
... appears alfo from the fame Chronicle , p . 840 , that these painted cloths were brought from Holland . The German hunting was therefore a subject very likely to be adopted by the artists of that country . Drayton , in his 4th Eclogue ...
... appears alfo from the fame Chronicle , p . 840 , that these painted cloths were brought from Holland . The German hunting was therefore a subject very likely to be adopted by the artists of that country . Drayton , in his 4th Eclogue ...
Page 79
... appears likewife from a paffage in the ancient fatire called Cocke Lorelles Bote , printed by Wynkyn de Worde , that the makers of these ornaments were called owchers : " Owchers , fkynners , and cutlers . " Dugdale , p . 234 , in his ...
... appears likewife from a paffage in the ancient fatire called Cocke Lorelles Bote , printed by Wynkyn de Worde , that the makers of these ornaments were called owchers : " Owchers , fkynners , and cutlers . " Dugdale , p . 234 , in his ...
Page 80
... appears to be used in many other old plays . STEEVENS . The word fcorbutico ( as an ingenious friend obferves to me ) is ufed in the fame manner in Italian , to fignify a peevish ill - tempered man . MALONE . Dr. Farmer obferves , that ...
... appears to be used in many other old plays . STEEVENS . The word fcorbutico ( as an ingenious friend obferves to me ) is ufed in the fame manner in Italian , to fignify a peevish ill - tempered man . MALONE . Dr. Farmer obferves , that ...
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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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Page 118 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
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Page 424 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 111 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...