The Plays of William Shakespeare ...T. Bensley, 1803 |
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... Prince of Tyre . Line 604 . -certainly , a maid . ] Ferdinand asks her not whether she was a created being , a question which , if he meant it , he has ill expressed , but whether she was unmarried ; for after the dialogue which ...
... Prince of Tyre . Line 604 . -certainly , a maid . ] Ferdinand asks her not whether she was a created being , a question which , if he meant it , he has ill expressed , but whether she was unmarried ; for after the dialogue which ...
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... prince behaves through the whole with a delicacy suitable to his birth and education ; and his unexperienced mistress pours forth her soul without reserve , without descending from the soft elevation of maiden dignity , and apparently ...
... prince behaves through the whole with a delicacy suitable to his birth and education ; and his unexperienced mistress pours forth her soul without reserve , without descending from the soft elevation of maiden dignity , and apparently ...
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... prince Henry out of his kingdom , with a dagger of lath . A latten bilboe means there- fore , I believe , no more than a blade as thin as a lath - a vice's dagger . STEEVENS . Line 164. Word of denial in thy labras here ; ] I suppose it ...
... prince Henry out of his kingdom , with a dagger of lath . A latten bilboe means there- fore , I believe , no more than a blade as thin as a lath - a vice's dagger . STEEVENS . Line 164. Word of denial in thy labras here ; ] I suppose it ...
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... prince is a bachelor , and resolves to supplant the lady whom he courts . JOHNSON . Line 106. I'll serve this Duke ; ] Viola is an excellent schemer , never at a loss ; if she cannot serve the lady , she will serve the Duke . JOHNSON ...
... prince is a bachelor , and resolves to supplant the lady whom he courts . JOHNSON . Line 106. I'll serve this Duke ; ] Viola is an excellent schemer , never at a loss ; if she cannot serve the lady , she will serve the Duke . JOHNSON ...
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... prince is a Jack , a sneak cup , " Line 182. -to tell us Cupid is a good hare - finder , & c . ] That is , " Do you mean to tell us that love is not blind , and that fire will not consume what is combustible ? " - for both these pro ...
... prince is a Jack , a sneak cup , " Line 182. -to tell us Cupid is a good hare - finder , & c . ] That is , " Do you mean to tell us that love is not blind , and that fire will not consume what is combustible ? " - for both these pro ...
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Alluding allusion ancient ANNOTATIONS answer appears beauty believe Ben Jonson blood Cæsar called character comedy common corruption death devil doth Duke editions editors expression eyes fairies Falstaff fear fellow folio fool fortune French Gentlemen of Verona give GREY hair Hanmer reads hath head heart heaven Henry IV Holinshed honour humour JOHNS JOHNSON JOHNSON Line King Henry kiss lady language Line Line 80 lord Macbeth MALONE means meant mentioned Merchant of Venice mind mistress nature never night obscure observed old copies Othello passage passion perhaps phrase play poet POPE present prince probably proverbial quarto queen racter reason says SCENE SCENE II seems sense Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew signifies Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech spirit stand STEEV STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell term thee THEOBALD thing thou art thought tion tongue virtue WARB WARBURTON witches woman word
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Page 46 - With coral clasps and amber studs — And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 47 - 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 268 - 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 273 - 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 661 - 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 88 - 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 415 - 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 281 - 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 67 - 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.