The Remarks of M. Karl Simrock, on the Plots of Shakespeare's PlaysShakespeare society, 1850 - 144 pages |
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Page 11 - How cam'st thou hither, tell me ? and wherefore ? The orchard walls are high, and hard to climb ; And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here. Rom. With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls ; For stony limits cannot hold love out : Arid what love can do, that dares love attempt ; Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.
Page 123 - Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, found after his death in his Cell at Silexedra, bequeathed to Philautus sonnes noursed up with their father in England, Fetcht from the Canaries by TL, gent., Imprinted by T.
Page 105 - I continued all that day untill night, in varietie of many thoughts ; but when Rosina came to helpe me to bedde, God knowes how desirous I was to have her entreat me againe to take the letter, but she woulde never speake unto me about it, nor (as it seemed) did so much as once thinke thereof.
Page 10 - ... adscensurus eram, nisi quod, cum vincula prorae solveret, in speculis omnis Abydos erat. non poteram celare meos, velut ante, parentes, quemque tegi volumus, non latuisset amor. Protinus haec scribens, "felix, i, littera ! " dixi, " iam tibi formosam porriget illa manum. forsitan admotis etiam tangere labellis, rumpere dum niveo vincula dente volet.
Page 116 - Be hope, that he had in a dreme, That he sawe, quhen he was yhyng In Hows duelland wyth the Kyng, That fayrly trettyd hym and welle In all, that langyd hym ilke dele : For he wes hys Systyr Sone, Hys yharynyng all he gert be done.
Page 37 - Cassandra," gives a compendious description of the nature of popular theatrical representations in 1578. " The Englishman (he remarks) in this quality is most vain, indiscreet, and out of order. He first grounds / his work on impossibilities ; then, in three hours, runs he through the world, marries, gets children, makes children men, men to conquer kingdoms, murder monsters, and bringeth gods from heaven, and fetcheth devils from hell...
Page 18 - Arthur Brooke, 1 Mr. Collier, who has reprinted this poem in his Shakespeare's Library, has a very different opinion of its value as a literary composition. He says it is a production of singular beauty for the time, full of appropriate and graceful imagery. The only notice of the edition of 1582 or 1583 is found in the Registers of the Stationers
Page iv - The COUNCIL of the NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY wish it to be distinctly understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications. For these the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several works.
Page 105 - Rosina came into my chamber to help me to make me ready ; in doing whereof, of purpose she let the letter closely fall. Which, when I perceived, 'What is that that fell down?