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Oh , ' tis excellent To have a giant's strength ; bat it is tyrannous , To use it like a
giant . Lucio . That's well faid . [ Aside . ISAB , Could great men thunder As jove
himself does , Jove would ne'er be quiet ; For every pelting , petty , officer Would
...
Oh , ' tis excellent To have a giant's strength ; bat it is tyrannous , To use it like a
giant . Lucio . That's well faid . [ Aside . ISAB , Could great men thunder As jove
himself does , Jove would ne'er be quiet ; For every pelting , petty , officer Would
...
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JOHNS . L. 12 , with full line . ) With full extent , with the whole length . Johns . L.
18 . -give fear to use . ) To intimidate use , that is , practices long countenanced
by custom . JOHNS . L. 17 . ' tis we cannot note . L. MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
JOHNS . L. 12 , with full line . ) With full extent , with the whole length . Johns . L.
18 . -give fear to use . ) To intimidate use , that is , practices long countenanced
by custom . JOHNS . L. 17 . ' tis we cannot note . L. MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
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Well , believe this ] This manner of pointing , gives an air of address too familiar
for an inferior to use to a person of distinction . But taking away the comma after ,
well , removes the objection , and restores a mode of expression , which our ...
Well , believe this ] This manner of pointing , gives an air of address too familiar
for an inferior to use to a person of distinction . But taking away the comma after ,
well , removes the objection , and restores a mode of expression , which our ...
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The words an hour have no particular use here , nor are authorised by custom . I
suppose it was written thus , foco your foeep - biting face and be banged . an low
? wilt not off In the midland counties , upon any unexpected obftruétion or ...
The words an hour have no particular use here , nor are authorised by custom . I
suppose it was written thus , foco your foeep - biting face and be banged . an low
? wilt not off In the midland counties , upon any unexpected obftruétion or ...
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Antonio declares , that as the duke quits one half of the forfeiture , he is likewise
content to abate his claim , and desires not the property but the use or produce
only of the half , and that only for the Jew's life , unless we read , as perhaps is
right ...
Antonio declares , that as the duke quits one half of the forfeiture , he is likewise
content to abate his claim , and desires not the property but the use or produce
only of the half , and that only for the Jew's life , unless we read , as perhaps is
right ...
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| Title | The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 2 The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1771 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Jul 2007 |
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