The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello |
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Page 141
There is a measure of agitation , beyond which all that is superadded becomes
torture , or glides off ineffectually from the already saturated mind . In case of the
cruel reunion of the lovers for an instant , Romeo's remorse for his overhasty self
...
There is a measure of agitation , beyond which all that is superadded becomes
torture , or glides off ineffectually from the already saturated mind . In case of the
cruel reunion of the lovers for an instant , Romeo's remorse for his overhasty self
...
Page 153
It is clear to me ( says Goëthé ) that Shakspeare's intention was to exhibit the
effects of a great action , imposed as a duty upon a mind too feeble for its
accomplishment . In this sense I find the character consistent throughout . Here is
an oak ...
It is clear to me ( says Goëthé ) that Shakspeare's intention was to exhibit the
effects of a great action , imposed as a duty upon a mind too feeble for its
accomplishment . In this sense I find the character consistent throughout . Here is
an oak ...
Page 176
In my mind's eye 32 , Horatio . Hor . I saw him once , he was a goodly king . Ham .
He was a man , take him for all in all , I shall not look upon his like again . Hor .
My lord , I think I saw him yesternight . Ham . Saw ! who ? Hor . My lord , the king
...
In my mind's eye 32 , Horatio . Hor . I saw him once , he was a goodly king . Ham .
He was a man , take him for all in all , I shall not look upon his like again . Hor .
My lord , I think I saw him yesternight . Ham . Saw ! who ? Hor . My lord , the king
...
Page 383
I saw Othello's visage in his mind ; And to his honours , and his valiant parts , Did
I my soul and fortunes consecrate . So that , dear lords , if I be left behind , A moth
of peace , and he go The rites , for which I love him , are bereft me , And I a ...
I saw Othello's visage in his mind ; And to his honours , and his valiant parts , Did
I my soul and fortunes consecrate . So that , dear lords , if I be left behind , A moth
of peace , and he go The rites , for which I love him , are bereft me , And I a ...
Page 402
... advantage never present itself : A devilish knave ! besides , the knave is
handsome , young ; and hath all those requisites in him , that folly and green
minds 34 look after : A pestilent complete knave ; and the woman hath found him
already .
... advantage never present itself : A devilish knave ! besides , the knave is
handsome , young ; and hath all those requisites in him , that folly and green
minds 34 look after : A pestilent complete knave ; and the woman hath found him
already .
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Page 254 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me ! You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops ; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass : and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe ? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Page 170 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on ; and yet, within a month — Let me not think on't. — Frailty, thy name is woman...
Page 330 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all.
Page 368 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: Which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate.
Page 230 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 32 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Page 50 - And yet I wish but for the thing I have: My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Page 366 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it : Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption thence, And portance in my...
Page 439 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 238 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello Volume 10 of The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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