Shakespeare's Testamentary LanguageLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 56 pages |
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... sense it may be used by Olivia , who says , ' I will give out divers schedules of my beauty : it shall be inventoried , and every par- ticle and utensil labeiled to my will . ' The word label also signifies a slip of paper or parchment ...
... sense it may be used by Olivia , who says , ' I will give out divers schedules of my beauty : it shall be inventoried , and every par- ticle and utensil labeiled to my will . ' The word label also signifies a slip of paper or parchment ...
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... sense the word is also used by Juliet- God join'd my heart and Romeo's , thou our hands ; And ere this hand , by thee to Romeo seal'd , Shall be the label to another deed , Or my true heart with treacherous revolt Turn to another , this ...
... sense the word is also used by Juliet- God join'd my heart and Romeo's , thou our hands ; And ere this hand , by thee to Romeo seal'd , Shall be the label to another deed , Or my true heart with treacherous revolt Turn to another , this ...
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... sense in which it is used by the civilians , who call heredem , qui ex testamento succedit in uni- versum jus testatoris . Since the publication of my first attempt to illustrate obscure passages in the works of Shakespeare , * it has ...
... sense in which it is used by the civilians , who call heredem , qui ex testamento succedit in uni- versum jus testatoris . Since the publication of my first attempt to illustrate obscure passages in the works of Shakespeare , * it has ...
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... sense of a forester or huntsman , in connection with Herne the hunter , and in the sense of a mad or wood man in connection with the words divide and bequeath , because , as Swin- burn says , in his Briefe Treatise of Testa- ments and ...
... sense of a forester or huntsman , in connection with Herne the hunter , and in the sense of a mad or wood man in connection with the words divide and bequeath , because , as Swin- burn says , in his Briefe Treatise of Testa- ments and ...
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... sense. ,. which. are. used. by. Shake-. speare . Chor . Now old desire doth in his death - bed lie , And young affection gapes to be his heir ; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die , With tender Juliet match'd , is now not ...
... sense. ,. which. are. used. by. Shake-. speare . Chor . Now old desire doth in his death - bed lie , And young affection gapes to be his heir ; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die , With tender Juliet match'd , is now not ...
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AIGBURTH APPENDIX bequest of soul Berlin Society Campbell's cautele under heaven chattels child civill lawe cleave commit common law Cowell custom death differeth disposing divers doth executor Faerie Queene former furor or insanitie generall hath heir heir-looms Henrie Swinburn Henry Herne the hunter honour Illustrated by Old insanitie of minde inventoried Julius Cæsar label Laertes lands Launce legacie legatarie Lex Scripta London Lord Campbell Macbeth Madfolkes maie ment Merchant of Venice Old Authors passage personal property praise province of Yorke real property Richard II Romeo and Juliet sense Shakespeare a Lawyer Shakespeare Illustrated Shakespeare's Legal Maxims SHAKESPEARE'S TESTAMENTARY LANGUAGE sick in body signification single bond souldier speak Sprachen Swin Swinburn tenements Testament and Last testator dooth testator having bequeathed testator saie thee thing thou tuition tutor Twelfth Night unthrifte unto whereof wife WILLIAM LOWES RUSHTON word bequeath word devise
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Page 26 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 32 - Think it no more: For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews, and bulk; but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal.
Page 10 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 43 - If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O...
Page 3 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad : 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O, what would come of it ! 4 Cit.
Page 3 - Have patience, gentle friends; I must not read it : It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men, And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O ! what would come of it ? 4 Cit.