Explanations and emendations of some passages in the text of Shakespeare and of Beaumont and Fletcher, by Martinus ScriblerusGeorge Ramsay and Company, 1814 - 56 pages |
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Robert Morehead. EXPLANATIONS , & c . NOTHING , My dear countrymen , hath given me greater satisfaction in the present improved aspect of the world , than the hope which it affords , that men of letters will once more betake themselves ...
Robert Morehead. EXPLANATIONS , & c . NOTHING , My dear countrymen , hath given me greater satisfaction in the present improved aspect of the world , than the hope which it affords , that men of letters will once more betake themselves ...
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... given in all the lat- er editions : Belarius says , A goodly day not to keep house , with such Whose roof's as low as ours ! Stoop , boys ; this gate Instructs you how to adore the heavens ; and bows you To morning's holy office : the ...
... given in all the lat- er editions : Belarius says , A goodly day not to keep house , with such Whose roof's as low as ours ! Stoop , boys ; this gate Instructs you how to adore the heavens ; and bows you To morning's holy office : the ...
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... given , instead of the origi- nal corrupt reading , The dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal . The emendation appears to me exceedingly harsh , and although that which I am going to suggest is too ...
... given , instead of the origi- nal corrupt reading , The dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal . The emendation appears to me exceedingly harsh , and although that which I am going to suggest is too ...
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... given me great pleasure if I could have added the Chenevixes , as I was in hopes that Mr Chenevix would , when he took to reading the old plays , have contented himself with the humble task of commenting upon them , instead of setting ...
... given me great pleasure if I could have added the Chenevixes , as I was in hopes that Mr Chenevix would , when he took to reading the old plays , have contented himself with the humble task of commenting upon them , instead of setting ...
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... given paddock , which he explains to mean " a toad . " The ori- ginal word is paiock , which soundeth to me like a foreign word introduced into our lan- guage . Following out this hint , if thou wilt look , reader , into any Italian ...
... given paddock , which he explains to mean " a toad . " The ori- ginal word is paiock , which soundeth to me like a foreign word introduced into our lan- guage . Following out this hint , if thou wilt look , reader , into any Italian ...
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Page 14 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habit's devil, is angel yet in this ; That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock, or livery, That aptly is put on...
Page 16 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 31 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him I much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
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Page 39 - Till you break in at plays, like 'prentices. For three a groat, and crack nuts with the scholars In penny rooms again, and fight for apples...
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Page 35 - Tho' she be young, forgetting it ; tho' fair, Making her glass the eyes of honest men, Not her own admiration. ' That's wanton,' or,
Page 30 - Hope gives nct so much warrant, as despair, That frosts will bite them. When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model ; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection...
Page 19 - O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on...
Page 44 - The court's a school, indeed, in which some few Learn virtuous principles ; but most forget Whatever they brought thither good and honest Trifling is there in practice ; serious actions Are obsolete and out of use.