course —
“bear-like I must fight the,”
MACBETH, v. 7. 2
;
“I must stand the course,”
KING LEAR, iii. 7. 53.
Phrases
“taken from bear-baiting. So in The Antipodes by Brome, 1638, ‘Also you shall see two ten-dog courses at the great bear’”
(STEEVENS)
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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