Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton), B. 1848
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Staunton regards this passage as an exquisite touch of nature. " The old nurse,** he says, " in her fond garrulity, uses * lady-bird * as a term of endearment ; but, recollecting its application to a female of loose manners, checks herself — * God forbid !* her darling should prove such a one.'* Mr. Dyce,* however, considers this explanation incorrect, and gives the subjoined note : " The nurse says that she has already bid Juliet come; she then calls out, 'What, lamb! What, lady-bird !* and Ju...liet not yet making her appear- ance, she exclaims, ' God forbid ! Where's this girl ?* The words * God forbid ' being properly an ellipsis of * God forbid that any accident should keep her away,' but used here merely as an expression of impatience." Lizard. It was a common superstition in the time of Shakespeare that lizards were venomous, a notion which probably originated in their singular form. Hence the liz- * " Linnaean Transactions," vol. xv. p. 407 ; cf. Virgil's " Georgics," iii. 1. 148.
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