The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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Page 172
... Benedick and Beatrice , Pyramus and Thifty , —Rofalinde , —Mr . Paroles , and Malvolio . " It is lamentable to fee how far party and prejudice will carry the wifeft men , even against their own practice and opinions . Milton , in his ...
... Benedick and Beatrice , Pyramus and Thifty , —Rofalinde , —Mr . Paroles , and Malvolio . " It is lamentable to fee how far party and prejudice will carry the wifeft men , even against their own practice and opinions . Milton , in his ...
Page 209
... Benedick talks of becoming the argument of his own scorn . Sir W. D'Avenant reads - fcorn instead of story . After all , the irregular phrafe [ me , & c . ] that , perhaps , obfcures this paffage , occurs frequently in our author , and ...
... Benedick talks of becoming the argument of his own scorn . Sir W. D'Avenant reads - fcorn instead of story . After all , the irregular phrafe [ me , & c . ] that , perhaps , obfcures this paffage , occurs frequently in our author , and ...
Page 394
... Benedick , a young lord of Padua , favoured likewife by Don Pedro . Leonato , governor of Meffina . Antonio , his brother . Balthazar , fervant to Don Pedro . Borachio , followers of Don John . Conrade , Dogberry , } two foolish ...
... Benedick , a young lord of Padua , favoured likewife by Don Pedro . Leonato , governor of Meffina . Antonio , his brother . Balthazar , fervant to Don Pedro . Borachio , followers of Don John . Conrade , Dogberry , } two foolish ...
Page 397
... Benedick of Padua . MESS . O , he is returned ; and as pleasant as ever he was . BEAT . He fet up his bills here in Messina , ' and his ufual licence he employs the word to fignify a mark or token in general . So , in Macbeth : “ Their ...
... Benedick of Padua . MESS . O , he is returned ; and as pleasant as ever he was . BEAT . He fet up his bills here in Messina , ' and his ufual licence he employs the word to fignify a mark or token in general . So , in Macbeth : “ Their ...
Page 398
... Benedick published a general challenge , like a prize - fighter . STEEVENS . 9 - challenged Cupid at the flight : ] Flight ( as Mr. Douce obferves to me ) does not here mean an arrow , but a fort of fhooting called roving , or fhooting ...
... Benedick published a general challenge , like a prize - fighter . STEEVENS . 9 - challenged Cupid at the flight : ] Flight ( as Mr. Douce obferves to me ) does not here mean an arrow , but a fort of fhooting called roving , or fhooting ...
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Page 90 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
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Page 197 - Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
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