Note 250 — INTRODUCTION. (continued 4)
Reading edition
"Dead part of the night," i.e., from midnight to dawn. Compare,
"In the dead waste and middle of the night." Hamlet, act i. sc 2.
Reading edition
"Dead part of the night," i.e., from midnight to dawn. Compare,
"In the dead waste and middle of the night." Hamlet, act i. sc 2.