DETRACTION. Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. Much ado about nothing, A. 2, S. 3. DEV 1 L. Divinity of hell! When devils will their blackest fins put on, As I do now. Othello, A. 2, S. 3. That wrought upon thee fo prepofterously, With patches, colours, and with forms being fetch'd Henry V. A. 2, S. 2. I prefs me none but good houfholders, yeomen's fons; inquire me out contracted bachelors, fuch as had been ask'd twice on the bans: fuch a commodity of warm flaves, as had as lief hear the devil as a drum; fuch as fear the report of a caliver, worse than a struck fowl, or a hurt wild-duck. Henry IV. P. 1, A. 4, S. 2, Troilus and Creffida, A. 4, S. 4. You bid me feek redemption of the devil : Hear me yourself. Measure for Measure, A. 5, S. 1. Let the devil Be fometimes honour'd for his burning throne. Measure for Measure, A. 5, S. 1. I. The The devil can cite fcripture for his purpose. Merchant of Venice, A. 1, S. 3. Come, fwear it, damn thyfelf; Left, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves Should fear to feize thee: therefore be double damn'd, Swear-thou art honeft. Othello, A. 4, S. 2. Whip me, ye devils, From the poffeffion of this heavenly fight! Let me wipe off this honourable dew, King John, A. 5, S. 2. As wicked dew, as e'er my mother brush'd Tempest, A. 1, S. 2. O, that this too too folid flesh would melt, Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst felf-flaughter! Hamlet, A. 1, S. 2. Midsummer Night's Dream, A. 4, S. I. DIS DISCOURSE. These high wild hills, and rough uneven ways, What fhould we speak of, Richard II. A. 2, S. 3. When we are as old as you? When we shall hear But ftill the house affairs would draw her thence; Othello, A. 1, S. 3. Of government the properties to unfold, Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse. Meafure for Measure, A. 1, S. 1. DISCRETION. Good Michael, look you to the guard to-night: Let's teach ourselves that honourable stop, Not to out-fport difcretion. Othello, A. 2, S. 3. DISE A SE. We are all difeas'd; And, with our furfeiting, and wanton hours, Henry IV. P. 2, A. 4,. S. 1. I can get no remedy against this confumption of the purfe; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable. Henry IV. P. 2, A.1, S. 2. Before Before the curing of a strong disease, King John, A. 3, S. 4. He will hang upon him like a disease: he is fooner caught than the peftilence, and the taker runs prefently mad. Much ado about nothing, A. 1, S. 1. DISTRESS. The thorny point Of bare diftrefs hath ta'en from me the fhew Of fmooth civility. As you like it, A. 2, S. 7. DIVIN E. It is a good divine that follows his own inftruc tions. Merchant of Venice, A. 1, S. 2. DOV E. The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind Midfummer Night's Dream, A. 2, S. 2. DRE A M. My fpirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. As dreams are made on, Tempeft, A. 1, S. 2. We are fuch stuff and our little life Tempest, A. 4, S. 1. Dreams are toys: Yet, for this once, yea, fuperftitiously, I will be fquar'd by this. Winter's Tale, A. 3, S. 3. I have heard, (but not believ'd) the fpirits of the dead Poor Poor wretches, that depend On greatness' favour, dream as I have done; And yet are steep'd in favours. Cymbeline, A. 5, S. 4. rub; For in that fleep of death what dreams may come, When we have fhuffled off this mortal coil', Muft give us paufe: there's the respect, That makes calamity of fo long life. Hamlet, A. 3, S. 1. I dreamt, my lady came and found me dead; (Strange dream! that gives a dead man leave to think) And breath'd fuch life with kiffes in my lips, That I reviv'd, and was an emperor. Romeo and Juliet, A. 5, S. 1. If I may truft the flattering truth of fleep, My dreams prefage fome joyful news at hand: My bofom's lord fits lightly on his throne; And, all this day, an unaccustom'd fpirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. Romeo and Juliet, A. 5, S. 1. "When we have fhuffled off this mortal coil," i. e. When we have shaken off the fhackles which at present bind, or hold us. Coil is used in allufion to the coiling or ftrengthening of a rope by winding it in the form of a ring, whence coil is fetter. A. B. If I may truft the flattering truth of fleep.] The fenfe is, if I may only truft the honefty of fleep, which I know, however, not to be so nice as not often to practise flattery. JOHNSON. 2 The oldeft copy reads, "the flattering eye of fleep." Whether this reading ought to fuperfede the more modern one, I fhall not pretend to determine; it appears to me, however, the most eafily intelligible of the two. STEEVENS. The fenfe, I think, is," If I may give any credit to the vi"fions of the night, which have been flattering to me, fome joy"ful news is at hand." A. B. |