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... note to Sonnet 93 . 2 Even Mr. Halliwell - Phillipps ( Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare , 6th edition , i . p . xix ) , who professes merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has ...
... note to Sonnet 93 . 2 Even Mr. Halliwell - Phillipps ( Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare , 6th edition , i . p . xix ) , who professes merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has ...
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... Notes of the Perkins Folio shown to be of Recent Origin , & c . , London , 1859 ; -Hamilton , N.E.S.A. , Inquiry into the Genuineness of the MS . Corrections , & c . , London , 1860 ; J. P. Collier , Reply to Mr. Hamilton's " Inquiry ...
... Notes of the Perkins Folio shown to be of Recent Origin , & c . , London , 1859 ; -Hamilton , N.E.S.A. , Inquiry into the Genuineness of the MS . Corrections , & c . , London , 1860 ; J. P. Collier , Reply to Mr. Hamilton's " Inquiry ...
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... Notes and Queries , July 4 , 1874 , p . 2 . 2 Compare Bardsley , English Surnames : their Sources and Significations , 2nd ed . London , 1875 , p . 461 . George C. Broderick , Memorials of Merton College ( Oxford , 1885 ) , p . 242 ...
... Notes and Queries , July 4 , 1874 , p . 2 . 2 Compare Bardsley , English Surnames : their Sources and Significations , 2nd ed . London , 1875 , p . 461 . George C. Broderick , Memorials of Merton College ( Oxford , 1885 ) , p . 242 ...
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... Notes and Queries , 4th series , vii . 118 ff .; John Gough Nichols , Shake- speare and Arden , in Notes and Queries , 4th series , vii . 169 ff .; Hunter , New Illustrations , i . 33-34 , and ii . 331-335 . 2 The name Arden or Ardern ...
... Notes and Queries , 4th series , vii . 118 ff .; John Gough Nichols , Shake- speare and Arden , in Notes and Queries , 4th series , vii . 169 ff .; Hunter , New Illustrations , i . 33-34 , and ii . 331-335 . 2 The name Arden or Ardern ...
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... even a separate towel for every member of the family , and no mention is made of a wash hand basin . 1 Compare , however , Outlines , i . xxi . ( Premonitory Notes ) . In the kitchen are 4 pans , 4 pots , HOME AND CHILDHOOD . 15.
... even a separate towel for every member of the family , and no mention is made of a wash hand basin . 1 Compare , however , Outlines , i . xxi . ( Premonitory Notes ) . In the kitchen are 4 pans , 4 pots , HOME AND CHILDHOOD . 15.
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Page 150 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 446 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 142 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 369 - But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law. He invades authors like a monarch ; and what would be theft in other poets, is only victory in him.
Page 185 - You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are ; and yet, for aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
Page 385 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Page 390 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 452 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 155 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and Scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend, than a Jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him (especially after drink) which is one of the Elements in which he liveth...
Page 228 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...