The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 16C. and A. Conrad, 1809 |
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... Cæsar ; and the play commences in or about the twenty - fourth year of Cym- beline's reign , which was the forty - second year of the reign of Augustus , and the 16th of the Christian æra : notwithstanding which , Shakspeare has peopled ...
... Cæsar ; and the play commences in or about the twenty - fourth year of Cym- beline's reign , which was the forty - second year of the reign of Augustus , and the 16th of the Christian æra : notwithstanding which , Shakspeare has peopled ...
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... Cæsar on his second inva- sion of Britain , he agreed to pay an annual tribute to Rome . Af . ter his death , Tenantius , Lud's younger son , ( his elder brother Androgeus having fled to Rome ) was established on the throne , of which ...
... Cæsar on his second inva- sion of Britain , he agreed to pay an annual tribute to Rome . Af . ter his death , Tenantius , Lud's younger son , ( his elder brother Androgeus having fled to Rome ) was established on the throne , of which ...
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... Cæsar : " Casca , you are the first that rears your hand . ” instead of his hand . Again , in The Rape of Lucrece : " Time's office is to calm contending kings , As I my poor self did exchange for you , 12 CYMBELINE .
... Cæsar : " Casca , you are the first that rears your hand . ” instead of his hand . Again , in The Rape of Lucrece : " Time's office is to calm contending kings , As I my poor self did exchange for you , 12 CYMBELINE .
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... Cæsar : " The posture of your blows are yet unknown . " The modern editors , however , read - approbations . Extend has here the same meaning as in a former scene . See p . 7 , n . 4 . I perceive no inaccuracy on the present occasion ...
... Cæsar : " The posture of your blows are yet unknown . " The modern editors , however , read - approbations . Extend has here the same meaning as in a former scene . See p . 7 , n . 4 . I perceive no inaccuracy on the present occasion ...
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... companion was the same as of fellow now . It was a word of contempt . Johnson . See Coriolanus , Act IV , sc . v ; and Julius Cæsar , Act IV , sc . iii . Malone . Lord . You cannot derogate , my lord . Clo 48 CYMBELINE .
... companion was the same as of fellow now . It was a word of contempt . Johnson . See Coriolanus , Act IV , sc . v ; and Julius Cæsar , Act IV , sc . iii . Malone . Lord . You cannot derogate , my lord . Clo 48 CYMBELINE .
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