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What does “playus nigh” mean in Cockney?
Quotation from A history of the cries of London ancient (p23).
Refer to What does “him as writ plays” mean?
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What does “him as writ plays” (etc.) mean in old newspaper clipping?
Quotation from A history of the cries of London ancient (p23).
... famous theatre afterwards to be so widely known. The sunshiny time of our literature and life, making a red-letter period in ...
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What does the phrase “Lady-Macbethed” mean? [closed]
Colonel Hampton snorted contemptuously. Senile dementia! Well, he must
have been senile and demented, to bring this pair of snakes into his
home, because he felt an obligation to his dead ...
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Does Shakespeare use the word “whence” incorrectly? [duplicate]
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Is “from whence” correct? Or should it be “whence”?
From the Shakespeare's Sonnet XLVIII,
... From whence at pleasure thou mayst come and part;
And ...
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Meaning of “I would there were…”?
What is the meaning of "I would there were", as in this quote from Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale"?
I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or
that youth would sleep out ...
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What does this mean: To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus
This is taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and I am having difficulty comprehending what this means. Can someone please put it into normal English, with all explanations?
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Twelfth Night: Why does Olivia call Sir Toby “cousin”?
I’m reading Twelfth Night, where in Act 1, Scene 5, Olivia says to Sir Toby Belch:
Olivia: Cousin, cousin, how have you come so early by this lethargy?
How come she’s calling her uncle ...
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Searching for a literary term for “if this, then I’m a this” statements
I’m reading Shakespeare’s Henry IV (Part 1) right now and I’m noticing that Sir John Falstaff has a propensity of saying “If this, then I’m a this” sort of statements. A few examples to clarify:
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What does “Would he had blotted a thousand!” mean?
I come across this passage in Bill Bryson's book, "Shakespeare":
"His mind and hand went together,' they [John Hemings and Henry Condell] wrote in the introduction to the First Folio, 'and what he ...
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Pronunciation of 'host' in Shakespeare's time
Listening to the recent film production of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, I noticed that Duncan says:
Give me your hand. Conduct me to mine host.
Obviously, it's in the text (Act 1, Scene 6). ...
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How to cite Shakespearean Blank Verse or Free Verse in an MLA Paper [duplicate]
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How to quote multiple lines of verse inline
If I am using a quote that is only one line, I would not need a / between lines. But, when do I use a / - for free verse or ...
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Is there a Shakespearean, perhaps even Romeo and Juliet-like quote for asking someone to work out with you? [closed]
It'd be awesome if someone knew the answer to this.
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Is Shakespeare proper English? [closed]
"Divides one thing entire to many objects; Like perspectives, which rightly gazed upon show nothing but confusion..." - William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
I read plenty ...
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Is this an example of litotes?
In Macbeth's Tomorrow speech
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace
from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our
yesterdays have lighted ...
