Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare ; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris DanceT. Tegg, 1839 - Počet stran: 631 |
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... signifies absolutely . His interpretation is confirmed by the word merus in Littelton's dictionary , where it is rendered downright . MIRA . • SCENE 2. Page 10 . a brave vessel , Who had , no doubt , some noble creatures in her . There ...
... signifies absolutely . His interpretation is confirmed by the word merus in Littelton's dictionary , where it is rendered downright . MIRA . • SCENE 2. Page 10 . a brave vessel , Who had , no doubt , some noble creatures in her . There ...
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... signify any thing dwarfish . There is however good reason for supposing it of Celtic ori- gin . Erch in Welsh , is terrible , and urzen , a superior intelli- gence . In the Bas Breton language urcha signifies to howl . " Urthinwad Elgin ...
... signify any thing dwarfish . There is however good reason for supposing it of Celtic ori- gin . Erch in Welsh , is terrible , and urzen , a superior intelli- gence . In the Bas Breton language urcha signifies to howl . " Urthinwad Elgin ...
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... signified a fairy , who is always supposed to be a diminu- tive being , than from the cause assigned by Mr. Steevens . It is true that in the ensuing act Caliban speaks of Pros- pero's spirits as attacking him in the shape of hedge ...
... signified a fairy , who is always supposed to be a diminu- tive being , than from the cause assigned by Mr. Steevens . It is true that in the ensuing act Caliban speaks of Pros- pero's spirits as attacking him in the shape of hedge ...
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... would be just . But to compass in this place signifies , to perform , accomplish , take measures for doing a thing . Thus in Twelfth night , Act I. Scene 2 , " that were hard to compass ; " and in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . 27.
... would be just . But to compass in this place signifies , to perform , accomplish , take measures for doing a thing . Thus in Twelfth night , Act I. Scene 2 , " that were hard to compass ; " and in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . 27.
Strana 28
... signifies holiness or honesty . It likewise denoted a sacrament , a sanctuary , relics of saints , or anything holy . It seems in later times to have been corrupted into holidame , as if it ex- pressed the holy virgin . Thus we have so ...
... signifies holiness or honesty . It likewise denoted a sacrament , a sanctuary , relics of saints , or anything holy . It seems in later times to have been corrupted into holidame , as if it ex- pressed the holy virgin . Thus we have so ...
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