A Shakespearian Grammar by E. A. Abbott

Author:E. A. Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486148731
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

It is a natural and common mistake to say, “Would is used for should, by Elizabethan writers.”

Would is not often used for “desire” with a noun as its object :

“If, duke of Burgundy, you would the peace.”

Hen. V. v. 2. 68.

330. Would often means “liked,” “was accustomed.” Compare φíλει.

“A little quiver fellow, and a’ would manage his piece thus : and a’ would about and about, and come you in and come you out ; rah-tah-tah would a’ say, bounce would a’ say: and away again would a’ go, and again would a’ come.”—2 Hen. IV. iii. 2. 200.

“ It (conscience) was wont to hold me only while one would tell twenty.”—Rich. III. i. 4. 122.

“But still the house affairs would draw her hence.” Othello, i. 3. 147.

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