The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Some account of Shakespeare's life and writings, written by N. Rowe. Dr. Johnson's preface. An essay on the learning of Shakespeare; addressed to Joseph Cradock, Esq. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor.-v. 2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Merchant of Venice. As you like it.-v. 3. Midsummer night's dream. Much ado nothing. Love's labours lost. Taming of the shrew.-v. 4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.-v. 5. King John. Richard the Second. Henry the Fourth, pt. 1-2.-v. 6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, pt. 1-3.-v. 7. Richard the Third. Henry the Eighth. Coriolanus.-v. 8. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.-v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet.-v. 10. Hamlet. Othello. Pericles, prince of TyreH. Durell, 1817 |
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... writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but with- out any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I ...
... writer . His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but with- out any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I ...
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... writer ever succeeded better in raising terror in the minds of an audience than Shakespeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play ...
... writer ever succeeded better in raising terror in the minds of an audience than Shakespeare has done . The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the king is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play ...
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... writers , at least above all mo- dern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particu lar places , unpractised by ...
... writers , at least above all mo- dern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particu lar places , unpractised by ...
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... writers of barbarous ro- mances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf ; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his ...
... writers of barbarous ro- mances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf ; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his ...
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... writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition . Almost all his plays are divided between serious and ludi- 28 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
... writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition . Almost all his plays are divided between serious and ludi- 28 DR . JOHNSON'S PREFACE .
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ancient ARIEL Ben Jonson Cæsar Caius Caliban called character comedy criticism daughter devil dost doth Duke duke of Milan Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fairies Falstaff father gentlemen GENTLEMEN OF VERONA give hath hear heart heaven Herne the hunter Holinshed honour Host HUGH EVANS humour JOHNSON Julia king Laun learning letter look lord Macbeth madam Marry master Brook master doctor master Slender Milan mind Mira mistress Anne mistress Ford monster never numbers Pist Plautus play Plutarch poet pray Prospero Proteus Quic SCENE servant Shakespeare Shal shew Silvia Sir HUGH sir John Sir John Falstaff sir Proteus Slen speak Speed spirit STEEV STEEVENS Stephano supposed sweet Sycorax tell thee there's thing thou art Thurio translation Trin Trinculo Valentine WARBURTON wife Windsor woman word writers
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Page 169 - By moonshine do the green-sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, — Weak masters though ye be, — I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the...
Page 15 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 227 - Who is Silvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling. To her let us garlands bring.
Page 171 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 165 - Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 160 - O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i" the ooze is bedded ; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.
Page 170 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 11 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature...
Page 146 - A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver : there would this monster make a man : any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 20 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.