Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... observes , in a note to the last Oxford edition , that the play was probably not written , as we now have it , before 1607 , at the earliest . I agree with my very ingenious friend in this supposition ; but yet the argument here ...
... observes , in a note to the last Oxford edition , that the play was probably not written , as we now have it , before 1607 , at the earliest . I agree with my very ingenious friend in this supposition ; but yet the argument here ...
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... observes , that— “ there was a very aged gentleman living in the neighbour- hood of Stratford , ( where he died fifty years since ) who had not only heard , from several old peo- ple in that town , of Shakspere's transgression , but ...
... observes , that— “ there was a very aged gentleman living in the neighbour- hood of Stratford , ( where he died fifty years since ) who had not only heard , from several old peo- ple in that town , of Shakspere's transgression , but ...
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... observes , is right . STEEVENS . 88. How does your fallow greyhound , sir ? I heard say , he was out - run on Cotsale . ] He means Cotswold in Glou- cestershire . In the beginning of the reign of James the First , by permission of the ...
... observes , is right . STEEVENS . 88. How does your fallow greyhound , sir ? I heard say , he was out - run on Cotsale . ] He means Cotswold in Glou- cestershire . In the beginning of the reign of James the First , by permission of the ...
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... observes that to fib is to beat ; so that fap may mean being beaten , and cashired , turned out of company . STEEVENS . The word fap , is probably made from vappa , a drun- ken fellow , or a good for nothing fellow , whose virtues all ...
... observes that to fib is to beat ; so that fap may mean being beaten , and cashired , turned out of company . STEEVENS . The word fap , is probably made from vappa , a drun- ken fellow , or a good for nothing fellow , whose virtues all ...
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William Shakespeare. 328 . Keisar , ] The preface to Stowe's Chronicle observes , that the Germans use the K for C , pronouncing Keysar for Cæsar , their general word . for an emperor . TOLLET . 335 . --a wither'd servingman , a fresh ...
William Shakespeare. 328 . Keisar , ] The preface to Stowe's Chronicle observes , that the Germans use the K for C , pronouncing Keysar for Cæsar , their general word . for an emperor . TOLLET . 335 . --a wither'd servingman , a fresh ...
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BARDOLPH beard Beat Beatrice Beaumont and Fletcher Bora Borachio brother Caius called Claud Claudio comedy coney-catching Conr cousin daughter devil doctor Dogb Don John Don Pedro doth Enter Exeunt Exit fairies Fent folio follow fool Friar gentleman give hath hear heart Henry IV Herne the hunter Hero honest Honest Whore honour horns Host humour husband JOHNSON knave knight lady latten Leon Leonato lord maid MALONE Marg Margaret marry master Brook master constable master doctor master Fenton master Slender means mistress Anne mistress Ford never old copies old quarto passage phrase Pist Pistol play pray prince quarto Quic SCENE Shakspere Shal Shallow shew signifies signior Benedick sir Hugh sir John Sir John Falstaff Slen Spanish Tragedy speak STEEVENS sweet tell thee THEOBALD there's troth WARBURTON wife Windsor Winter's Tale woman word
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Página 45 - Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humour ? No, the world must be peopled. When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
Página 73 - Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Página 27 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Página 47 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Página 73 - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
Página 74 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Página 57 - Why then, take no note of him, but let him go ; and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.
Página 10 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow, by his ears, but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscall it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it speare did not wait to brave the united puissance of a Knight of the Shire and a country attorney.