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Page 109
... thyself . Also , On Court - worm ( Wks . 8. 152 ) : All men are worms : but this no man . In silk . The term silkworm was defined by Steele in The Spectator , No. 454 : This Chace was now at an End , and the H 2 EXPLANATORY NOTES 109.
... thyself . Also , On Court - worm ( Wks . 8. 152 ) : All men are worms : but this no man . In silk . The term silkworm was defined by Steele in The Spectator , No. 454 : This Chace was now at an End , and the H 2 EXPLANATORY NOTES 109.
Page 111
... terms , see the Glossary . The Elizabethan drama was now on the decline : the giants , Shakespeare , Beaumont , Fletcher , and Chapman , had left the stage ; and their places were ill ... term : e . g . Bp . IND . ] III Explanatory Notes.
... terms , see the Glossary . The Elizabethan drama was now on the decline : the giants , Shakespeare , Beaumont , Fletcher , and Chapman , had left the stage ; and their places were ill ... term : e . g . Bp . IND . ] III Explanatory Notes.
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of the term : e . g . Bp . Mountague , Acts & Mon. ( 1642 ) 299 ; ' The truth at last he foorded . ' For the use of leap as here employed , cf. Beaumont and Fletcher , The Woman Hater 1. 22 : Val . I pray you , sir , leap into the ...
of the term : e . g . Bp . Mountague , Acts & Mon. ( 1642 ) 299 ; ' The truth at last he foorded . ' For the use of leap as here employed , cf. Beaumont and Fletcher , The Woman Hater 1. 22 : Val . I pray you , sir , leap into the ...
Page 115
... term : ' And though the Fair be not kept in the same region that some here , perhaps , would have it ; yet think , that therein the author hath observed a special decorum , the place being as dirty as Smithfield , and as stinking every ...
... term : ' And though the Fair be not kept in the same region that some here , perhaps , would have it ; yet think , that therein the author hath observed a special decorum , the place being as dirty as Smithfield , and as stinking every ...
Page 116
... term in The Alchemist ( Wks . 4. 40 ) : Beneath your threshold , bury me a load - stone To draw in gallants that wear spurs . Later , in John Earle's Microcosmography ( pub . 1628 ) , the character of A Handsome Hostess is very similar ...
... term in The Alchemist ( Wks . 4. 40 ) : Beneath your threshold , bury me a load - stone To draw in gallants that wear spurs . Later , in John Earle's Microcosmography ( pub . 1628 ) , the character of A Handsome Hostess is very similar ...
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