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... eyes may wincke , and Romeo Leape to these armes , untalkt of and unseene , " & c . The older commentators do not attempt to change the word run - awayes , but seek to explain Warburton says Phoebus is the runaway . Steevens has a long ...
... eyes may wincke , and Romeo Leape to these armes , untalkt of and unseene , " & c . The older commentators do not attempt to change the word run - awayes , but seek to explain Warburton says Phoebus is the runaway . Steevens has a long ...
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... eyes may wincke , and Romeo Leape to these armes , untalkt of and unseene , " & c . The older commentators do not attempt to change the word run - awayes , but seek to explain it . Warburton says Phoebus is the runaway . Steevens has a ...
... eyes may wincke , and Romeo Leape to these armes , untalkt of and unseene , " & c . The older commentators do not attempt to change the word run - awayes , but seek to explain it . Warburton says Phoebus is the runaway . Steevens has a ...
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... eyes ; I stumbled when I saw . Full oft ' tis seen Our means secure us ; and our mere defects Prove our commodities . " S. H. Does not Shakspeare here use secure as a verb , in the sense " to make careless ? " If so , the pas- sage ...
... eyes ; I stumbled when I saw . Full oft ' tis seen Our means secure us ; and our mere defects Prove our commodities . " S. H. Does not Shakspeare here use secure as a verb , in the sense " to make careless ? " If so , the pas- sage ...
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... eyes in the skull , he replied that what I saw was the hind part of the head ( termed the occiput , I believe , by anatomists ) , and that the face was turned , as usual , to the earth !! - Not exactly understanding his phrase ' as ...
... eyes in the skull , he replied that what I saw was the hind part of the head ( termed the occiput , I believe , by anatomists ) , and that the face was turned , as usual , to the earth !! - Not exactly understanding his phrase ' as ...
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... eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest , But such as Jacob's temples blest . " Bishop Ken . " Awake , my soul , and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run . " Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as ...
... eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest , But such as Jacob's temples blest . " Bishop Ken . " Awake , my soul , and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run . " Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as ...
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