CymbelineD. C. Heath, 1897 - 180 pages |
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Abbott Ambrogiuolo Antony and Cleopatra Arviragus Balliol College Belarius Boccaccio Britain Britons brother Cæsar Cassibelan Cloten College court Cymbeline Cymbeline's D. C. HEATH death Decamerone doth E. K. CHAMBERS Edited English Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false father fear Fidele Folio fool garments Gent gentleman give gods Guiderius hath hear heart heaven hence Holinshed honour husband Iach Iachimo Imogen Ingleby init Julius Cæsar Jupiter king lady Leonatus lines lord Lucius Macbeth madam master meaning mistress noble Paraphrase passage Pisanio play Polydore Post Posthumus Queen revenge ring Roman Rome scene sense Shake Shakespeare slander speak speech Tempest thee thing thou art true unique instance verb verse villain wager Westward for Smelts Winter's Tale woman word x a x a YORK CHICAGO
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Page 19 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.
Page 54 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 36 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 53 - O thou goddess, Thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st In these two princely boys ! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head : and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafed, as the rudest wind, That by the. top doth take the mountain pine And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 55 - FEAR no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o...
Page 56 - ... past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page xvi - This play has many just sentiments, some natural dialogues, and some pleasing scenes, but they are obtained at the expence of much incongruity. To remark the folly of the fiction, the absurdity of the conduct, the confusion of the names, and manners of different times, and the impossibility of the events in any system of life...