Shakespeare select plays; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...was however coming into use, and occurs ten times in the first folio. 'It,' as the possessive, occurs thirteen times. 217. as, as if. Compare Hamlet, ii. 1. 91, and King Lear, iii. 4. 15: 'Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to't?' See also Othello, iii. 3. 77, and Antony and Cleopatra, iii. 13. 85. 230. beaver. The front part of the helmet, supposed to be from 'baviere,' a bib. Another derivation is from ' bevoir,' because it was lifted up to enable the wearer to drink. Compare 2 Henry IV, iv. 1. 120: 'Their beavers down, Their eyes of fire sparkling through bars of steel.' And Spenser, Fairy Queen, iv. 6. 25: 'Which yeelded, they their bevers up did reare, And shew'd themselves to her such as indeed they were.' Sometimes it designates the helmet itself, as in 1 Henry IV, iv. 1. 104. The beaver is figured in Fairholt's ' Costume in England,' p. 365. lb. constantly, steadily, firmly. So Julius Caesar, v. 1. 92: 'To meet all perils very constantly.' 237. like, likely. See ii. 2. 341. This use of 'like' for 'likely' has become provincial. Congreve (Way of the World, iv. 4) puts it into the mouth of the rustic Sir Wilfull. 243. warrant. Spelt ' warnt' in the quartos, and doubtless so pronounced, as it still is provincially. 245. gape, says Staunton, ' perhaps here means to howl, roar,' as in Henry VIII, v. 4. 3: 'Ye rude slaves, leave your gaping.' And so perhaps 'a gaping pig,' Mercha: t of Venice, iv. 1. 54. 248. tenalle So the quartos. That of 1603 spells it 'tenible.' The folio has 'treble,' a mere misprint. The sense is: 'Regard it as a secret which ought to be kept.' 251, 254. loves. See note on i. 1. 173. 254. your loves, as mine to you. Hamlet courteously disclaims the rank of master, and requests them to regard him as an equ...