...be burnt fur a witch." StKevens. s Nay, if an oily palm be not a fruitful prognostication, 8cc.] SB, in Othello: " This hand is moist, my lady : — " This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart." Malonr. Antonio, in Diyden's Don Sebastian, has the same remark : " I have a moist, svieaty pahn ;...

...the passion of love, imd " a jester at wounds which he never felt." See Othello, Act III. sc. iv : " This hand is moist, my lady ; — " This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart ; " Hot, hot, and moist." See also Vol. XVII. p. 19, n. 5. MALONE. ' The date is out of such prolixity...

...honour being once crack'd— Nic. Crack a pudding! I'll not meddle with thine honour. Alph. Say you should get me with child ? Nic. I hope I am not the...and liberal heart." And in " Anthony and Cleopatra :" " If'an oily palm be not a fruitful prognostication, &c. t The original reads, " I would be lothe...

...— if an oily palm be not ^fruitful prognostication, I cannot scratch mine ear." STEEVENS. Again, in Othello: " — This hand is moist, my lady ; " This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart ; — Over one arm the lusty courser's rein, Under her other8 was the tender boy, Who blush'd and pouted...

...it is a deadly sorrow to behold a foul knave uncuckolded; Therefore, 7 This prognostic is alluded to in Othello : — ' This hand is moist, my lady: — This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart.' dear Isis, keep decorum, and fortune him accordingly ! Char. Amen. Alex. Lo, now ! if it lay in their...

...of the vegetative functions. Thus Shakspeare in " Othello," speaking of the hand of Desdemona, — " This hand is moist, my lady. * * * * This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart ; Hot, hot, and moist. This hand of yours requires A sequester from liberty, fasting, and prayer, Much...

...proverb, " You '11 never be burnt for a witch." 47. An oily palm, etc. Malone compares Oth. iii. 4. 36: " This hand is moist, my lady. ******* This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart." 49. Worky-day. Ordinary, common. Cf. AYL \. 3. 12 : " this working-day world." 57. Alexas,—come,...

...proverb, " You 'll never be burnt for a witch." 47. AH oily palm, etc. Malone compares Oth. iii. 4. 36 : "This hand is moist, my lady. This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart." 49. Worky-Jay. Ordinary, common. Cf. AYL \. 3. 12 : " this working-day world." 57. Alexas, — come,...

...proverb, " You '11 never be burnt for a witch." 47. An oily palm, etc. Malone compares Oth. iii. 4. 36 : "This hand is moist, my lady. This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart." 49. Worky-day. Ordinary, common. Cf. AYL i. 3. 12 : "this working-day world." 57. Alexas, — come,...

...no names." 49, 50. an oily palm, etc. : — This prognostic is alluded to in Othello, III. iv.:— " This hand is moist, my lady. . . . This argues fruitfulness and liberal heart." 101. Stiff news is hard news. 102. Extended Asia from Euphrates: — Extend is often found in the old...