speculations —
“Which are to France the spies and,”
KING LEAR, iii. 1. 24.
Here by a usage not uncommon with poets, the abstract is put for the concrete,
“speculations” for“speculators.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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