The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play ; with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper HeadsC. Whittingham, 1818 - 378 pages |
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... light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish , Is wasteful and ridiculous excess . And wasteful and ridiculous indeed it would be , to say any thing in his praise , when present- ing the world with such a collection of BEAU ...
... light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish , Is wasteful and ridiculous excess . And wasteful and ridiculous indeed it would be , to say any thing in his praise , when present- ing the world with such a collection of BEAU ...
Page xiv
... light . Every species of literary composition ought to be de- voted to some useful end . The legitimate province of biography is to impart such information as may enlighten the understanding and ameliorate the heart . It is the author's ...
... light . Every species of literary composition ought to be de- voted to some useful end . The legitimate province of biography is to impart such information as may enlighten the understanding and ameliorate the heart . It is the author's ...
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... light . He was a man of strong common sense and practical wisdom , rather than of genius or feeling . " In 1766 , Steevens published an edition of 20 plays , in 4 vols . 8vo . This was followed , in 1768 , by a complete edition in 12 ...
... light . He was a man of strong common sense and practical wisdom , rather than of genius or feeling . " In 1766 , Steevens published an edition of 20 plays , in 4 vols . 8vo . This was followed , in 1768 , by a complete edition in 12 ...
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... light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself : The hind that would be mated by the lion , Must die for love . ' Twas pretty , though a plague , To see him every hour ; to sit and draw All's ...
... light Must I be comforted , not in his sphere . The ambition in my love thus plagues itself : The hind that would be mated by the lion , Must die for love . ' Twas pretty , though a plague , To see him every hour ; to sit and draw All's ...
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... MORE DEADLY THAN POISON . THE Venom clamours of a jealous woman Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth . It seems his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing : And thereof comes it that his head is light . COMEDY OF ERRORS . 23.
... MORE DEADLY THAN POISON . THE Venom clamours of a jealous woman Poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth . It seems his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing : And thereof comes it that his head is light . COMEDY OF ERRORS . 23.
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Ajax arms art thou bear beauty Ben Jonson blood bosom breath brow Brutus Cæsar cheek CORIOLANUS crown Cymbeline dead dear death deed doth dream ears earth eyes fair FALSTAFF father fear fire fool foul Francis Collins friends gentle give gods grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Iago Jonson king kiss Lady lips live Locrine London Prodigal look lord lov'd love's lover Macb Macd maid Malone melancholy Midsummer Night's Dream moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er passion pity play poet poor prince queen racters Robert Arden Shakspeare Shakspeare's shame sing sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit Stratford Susanna Hall swear sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tongue true vex'd virtue weep wife William D'Avenant wind woman words youth