Merry wives of Windsor ; Troilus and CressidaF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... means drunk , as appears from the glossaries . Douce . 9 Pass'd the CAREIRES . ] I believe this strange word is nothing but the French cariere ; and the expression means , that the com- mon bounds of good behaviour are overpassed ...
... means drunk , as appears from the glossaries . Douce . 9 Pass'd the CAREIRES . ] I believe this strange word is nothing but the French cariere ; and the expression means , that the com- mon bounds of good behaviour are overpassed ...
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... means the Poems of Lord Surrey and others , which were very popular in the age of Queen Elizabeth . They were printed in 1567 , with this title : " Songes and Sonnettes , written by the Right Honourable Lord Henry Howard , late Earle of ...
... means the Poems of Lord Surrey and others , which were very popular in the age of Queen Elizabeth . They were printed in 1567 , with this title : " Songes and Sonnettes , written by the Right Honourable Lord Henry Howard , late Earle of ...
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... means to say , that the wager for which he played was a dish of stew'd prunes , which was to be paid by him who received three hits . See Bullokar's English Expositor , 8vo . 1616 : " Venie . A touch in the body at playing with weapons ...
... means to say , that the wager for which he played was a dish of stew'd prunes , which was to be paid by him who received three hits . See Bullokar's English Expositor , 8vo . 1616 : " Venie . A touch in the body at playing with weapons ...
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... means to say his launder . Thus , in Sidney's Arcadia , b . i . p . 44 , edit . 1633 : only will make him an Amazon , but a launder , a spinner , " & c . STEEVENS . 6 · that ALTOGETHER's acquaintance- ] The old copy reads- altogethers ...
... means to say his launder . Thus , in Sidney's Arcadia , b . i . p . 44 , edit . 1633 : only will make him an Amazon , but a launder , a spinner , " & c . STEEVENS . 6 · that ALTOGETHER's acquaintance- ] The old copy reads- altogethers ...
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... mean , that , Jike a skilful harquebuzier , he takes a good aim , though he has rested his piece for a minute only . So ... means to say , that the perfection of stealing is to do it in the shortest time possible . SIR J. HAWKINS , " Tis ...
... mean , that , Jike a skilful harquebuzier , he takes a good aim , though he has rested his piece for a minute only . So ... means to say , that the perfection of stealing is to do it in the shortest time possible . SIR J. HAWKINS , " Tis ...
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Achilles Æneas AGAM Agamemnon Ajax ancient Ben Jonson CAIUS Calchas called comedy CRES Cressida devil Diomed doth edit editor Enter eringoes Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairies Falstaff folio fool give Grecian Greeks Hanmer hath heart heaven HECT Hector Helen honour horse HOST humour husband JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear knight lady lord Lydgate MALONE master Brook master doctor means Menelaus mistress Ford Neoptolemus Nestor old copy old quarto Pandarus Paris passage PATR Patroclus phrase PIST play pray Priam prince quarto Queen QUICK quoth reading scene sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's SHAL Shallow signifies Sir Hugh sir John SLEN Slender speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell thee THEOBALD THER Thersites thing thou thought Troilus Troilus and Cressida Trojan Troy true TYRWHITT ULYSS WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word