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... devil Herne ? " — an undoubted misprint . I prefer to correct it by omitting " Herne , " and reading " Welsh devil ? " than by inserting " Hugh " in place of " Herne . " It seems to be a less violent alteration , and an easier misprint ...
... devil Herne ? " — an undoubted misprint . I prefer to correct it by omitting " Herne , " and reading " Welsh devil ? " than by inserting " Hugh " in place of " Herne . " It seems to be a less violent alteration , and an easier misprint ...
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... popular play , The Merry Devil of Edmonton , and Dekker's Tucca in Satiromastix , 1602 , has traces of him . I should suppose that , next to Falstaff , he took the public fancy . Nevertheless he is such lxxviii INTRODUCTION.
... popular play , The Merry Devil of Edmonton , and Dekker's Tucca in Satiromastix , 1602 , has traces of him . I should suppose that , next to Falstaff , he took the public fancy . Nevertheless he is such lxxviii INTRODUCTION.
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... Devil of Edmonton ( at I. iii . 23 ; III . i . 57 , etc. ) ; Wilkins ' Miseries of Enforced Marriage ( at I. iii . 2 ... Devil of Edmonton , “ your dear delight , the Devil of Edmonton , " as Jonson calls it , owes much to the Merry ...
... Devil of Edmonton ( at I. iii . 23 ; III . i . 57 , etc. ) ; Wilkins ' Miseries of Enforced Marriage ( at I. iii . 2 ... Devil of Edmonton , “ your dear delight , the Devil of Edmonton , " as Jonson calls it , owes much to the Merry ...
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... devil of the whit that I can . " The same word as " wight . " 29. three skirts ] There is some al- lusion here , perhaps to the wear of the period . Skirted coats ( not cloaks ) had hardly come into wear amongst the upper classes . A ...
... devil of the whit that I can . " The same word as " wight . " 29. three skirts ] There is some al- lusion here , perhaps to the wear of the period . Skirted coats ( not cloaks ) had hardly come into wear amongst the upper classes . A ...
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... devil in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus . Ben Jonson used it at the same date , or earlier ( ? ) : " Onion . Tut ! Your witness cannot serve . Juniper . ' Sblood , why what ! thou art not lunatic , art thou ? an thou be'st avoid , Mephistophilus ...
... devil in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus . Ben Jonson used it at the same date , or earlier ( ? ) : " Onion . Tut ! Your witness cannot serve . Juniper . ' Sblood , why what ! thou art not lunatic , art thou ? an thou be'st avoid , Mephistophilus ...
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Page 38 - Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8 who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Page 202 - Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet...
Page lxvii - The moral to be drawn from this representation is, that no man is more dangerous than he that, with a will to corrupt, hath the power to please ; and that neither wit nor honesty ought to think themselves safe with such a companion, when they see Henry seduced by Falstaff.
Page x - ... of Auncient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene diuers times Acted by the right Honorable my lord Chamberlaines seruants. Both before her Maiestie, and else-where. London Printed by TC for Arthur Johnson, and are to be sold at his shop in Powles Church-yard, at the signe of the Flower de Leuse and the Crowne. 1602.