Merry wives of Windsor. Much ado about nothingPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1785 |
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... STEEVENS . 7. custalorum . ] This is , I suppose , intended for a corruption of Custos Rotulorum . The mistake was hardly · designed by the author , who , though he gives Shallow folly enough , makes him rather pedantic than illite- If ...
... STEEVENS . 7. custalorum . ] This is , I suppose , intended for a corruption of Custos Rotulorum . The mistake was hardly · designed by the author , who , though he gives Shallow folly enough , makes him rather pedantic than illite- If ...
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... STEEVENS . which is daughter to Master Thomas Page , ] The whole set of editions have negligently blundered one after another in Page's Christian name in this place ; though Mrs. Page calls him George afterwards in at least six several ...
... STEEVENS . which is daughter to Master Thomas Page , ] The whole set of editions have negligently blundered one after another in Page's Christian name in this place ; though Mrs. Page calls him George afterwards in at least six several ...
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... STEEVENS . 124. coney - catching rascals , ] A coney - catcher was , in the time of Elizabeth , a common name for a cheat or sharper . Green , one of the first among us who made a trade of writing pamphlets , published A Detection of ...
... STEEVENS . 124. coney - catching rascals , ] A coney - catcher was , in the time of Elizabeth , a common name for a cheat or sharper . Green , one of the first among us who made a trade of writing pamphlets , published A Detection of ...
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... STEEVENS . 128. How now , Mephostophilus ? ] This is the name of a spirit or familiar , in the old story book of Sir John Faustus , or John Faust : to whom our author after- wards alludes . That it was a cant phrase of abuse , appears ...
... STEEVENS . 128. How now , Mephostophilus ? ] This is the name of a spirit or familiar , in the old story book of Sir John Faustus , or John Faust : to whom our author after- wards alludes . That it was a cant phrase of abuse , appears ...
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... STEEVENS . 152. Edward Shovel - boards , - - ] One of these pieces of metal is mentioned in Middleton's comedy of The Roaring Girl , 1611 : " Away slid I my man , like a shovel - board shilling , " & c . STEEVENS . " Edward Shovel ...
... STEEVENS . 152. Edward Shovel - boards , - - ] One of these pieces of metal is mentioned in Middleton's comedy of The Roaring Girl , 1611 : " Away slid I my man , like a shovel - board shilling , " & c . STEEVENS . " Edward Shovel ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 47 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.