continent that which contains any thing:
“Which is not tomb enough and continent,”
HAMLET, iv. 4. 64
;
“you shall find in him the continent of what part a gentleman would
see”
HAMLET, v. 2. 110
; (
“you shall find him containing and comprising every quality
which a gentleman would desire to contemplate for imitation,”
JOHNSON)
;
“be stronger than thy continent,”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, iv. 14.
40
;
“overborne their continents,”
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, ii. 1.
92
;
“Rive your concealing continents,”
KING LEAR, iii. 2. 58.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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