The tempest, with notes, introduction and glossary

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. 1903 Excerpt: ..."'T has done upon the premises but justice." I. ii. 125. Extirpate; expel with a sense of violence attached to it. I. ii. 128. Levied; being levied. For an analogous use of the participle, ef. Perieles, I., Gower 38,--"That whoso asked her for his wife, His riitiile told not, lost his life" This construction is akin to the ablative absolute in Latin. I. ii. 131. The ministers for the purpose; those told off for the execution of the foul deed. I. ii. 137. The which; more emphatic and also more definite than if "which"had stood alone. In connection with this use of the definite article with the relative pronoun, cf. Genesis i. 29--" Every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed," also " the party 'gainst the which he doth contrive" (Merchant of Venice, IV. i. 352); also joined to a substantive, "For the which blessing I am at him upon my knees" (Much Ado about Nothing, II. i. 30). I. ii. 13S. Impertinent; takes the original sense of the word, that which is not pertinent or pertaining to the purpose, irrelevant; Latin, impertinent. The sense of "impudent" was acquired later. King Lear brings this meaning out--" O matter and impertinency mixed" (Act IV. Sc. vi. 178). I. ii. 139. Well demanded; literally, a "seasonaole question." To "demand" was not associated in those days with any degree of authority. It was simply a synonym for "ask." Cf. Scriptural use--" IIe demanded where Christ should be born" (Matthew ii. 4.); also "Why may I not demand of thine affairs" (KingJohn, V. vi. 4). I. ii. 144. Shakespeare seems to refer to, or at least to have read, the story of Constance in the Man of Lawe's Story in the Canterbury ...