Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
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a _single knave_. We still use a _double villain_ for a
villain beyond the common rate of guilt. III.i.265 (154,9) [a team of horse shall not pluck] I see how Valentine suffers for telling his love-secrets, therefore I will keep mine close. III.i.330 (156,4) [_Speed. Item, she hath a. sweet mouth_] This I take to be the same with what is now vulgarly called a _sweet tooth_, a luxurious desire of dainties and sweetmeats. III.i.351 (157,5) [_Speed. Item, she will often praise her liquor_] That is, shew how well she likes it by drinking often. III.i.355 (157,6) [_Speed. Item, she is too liberal_] _Liberal_, is licentious and gross in language. So in _Othello_, "Is he not a profane and very _liberal_ counsellor." III.ii.7 (158,8) [Trenched in ice] Cut, carved in ice. _Trencher_, to cut, French. III.ii.36 (159,9) [with circumstance] With the addition of such incidental particulars as may induce belief. III.ii.51 (160,1) [Therefore as you unwind her love from him, Lest it should ravel, and be good to none, You must provide to bottom it on me] |
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