The Plays of William Shakespeare ...T. Bensley, 1803 |
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... Sir Thomas Hanmer , instead of rack , reads arbitrarily track . To rack , in this sense , is sometimes used as a verb . So in the old play of The Raigne of King Edward III . 1596 . " like inconstant clouds , " That , rack'd upon the ...
... Sir Thomas Hanmer , instead of rack , reads arbitrarily track . To rack , in this sense , is sometimes used as a verb . So in the old play of The Raigne of King Edward III . 1596 . " like inconstant clouds , " That , rack'd upon the ...
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... Sir Thomas Hanmer reads , I am the dog , no , the dog is himself and I am me , the dog is the dog , and I am myself . This certainly is more reasonable , but I know not how much reason the author in- tended to bestow on Launce's ...
... Sir Thomas Hanmer reads , I am the dog , no , the dog is himself and I am me , the dog is the dog , and I am myself . This certainly is more reasonable , but I know not how much reason the author in- tended to bestow on Launce's ...
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William Shakespeare. This correction , thus seriously and wisely enforced , is received by Sir Thomas Hanmer ; but probably Shakspeare intended a blunder . JOHNSON . Line 229. the lips is parcel of the mouth ; ) Thus the old copies ...
William Shakespeare. This correction , thus seriously and wisely enforced , is received by Sir Thomas Hanmer ; but probably Shakspeare intended a blunder . JOHNSON . Line 229. the lips is parcel of the mouth ; ) Thus the old copies ...
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... Sir Thomas Hanmer says , to hack , means to turn hackney , or prostitute . I suppose he means - These knights will degrade them- selves , so that she will acquire no honour by being connected with them . Perhaps the passage has been ...
... Sir Thomas Hanmer says , to hack , means to turn hackney , or prostitute . I suppose he means - These knights will degrade them- selves , so that she will acquire no honour by being connected with them . Perhaps the passage has been ...
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... Sir Thomas Hanmer tells us , is the same with impocket thy gratuity . He is undoubted- ly right ; but we must read , I did impeticoat thy gratuity . The fools were kept in long coats , to which the allusion is made . There is yet much ...
... Sir Thomas Hanmer tells us , is the same with impocket thy gratuity . He is undoubted- ly right ; but we must read , I did impeticoat thy gratuity . The fools were kept in long coats , to which the allusion is made . There is yet much ...
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Page 52 - With coral clasps and amber studs — And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 53 - The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither...
Page 274 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it'; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear, And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 279 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 667 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 94 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 421 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 287 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. THIRD WITCH. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches...
Page 73 - twill endure wind and weather. Vio. 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive, If you will lead these graces to the grave, And leave the world no copy.