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... original . The two youths themselves are drawn from a somewhat similar pattern , alike in age , situation , and fate , alike also through a passivity demanded by the circumstances . - HUDSON ( Life , Art & Characters , etc. , ii , 29 ) ...
... original . The two youths themselves are drawn from a somewhat similar pattern , alike in age , situation , and fate , alike also through a passivity demanded by the circumstances . - HUDSON ( Life , Art & Characters , etc. , ii , 29 ) ...
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... original foundation for the jealousy and contempt of Hubert , which the play ascribes to the peers.- FRENCH ( p . 9 ) : There is nothing in the play to denote the proper rank of this cele- brated person , who was of lofty lineage , and ...
... original foundation for the jealousy and contempt of Hubert , which the play ascribes to the peers.- FRENCH ( p . 9 ) : There is nothing in the play to denote the proper rank of this cele- brated person , who was of lofty lineage , and ...
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... original note by Steevens has , I fear , been submerged beneath this sea of historical data ; let us return , therefore , to that point . As regards his other quotation Steevens ... Robert Faulconbridge , suppos'd Brother to the Bastard ...
... original note by Steevens has , I fear , been submerged beneath this sea of historical data ; let us return , therefore , to that point . As regards his other quotation Steevens ... Robert Faulconbridge , suppos'd Brother to the Bastard ...
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... original play : " Next them , a bastard of the King's deceased , A hardie wild - head , rough , and venturous . " —— STAUNTON considers that the latter part of this note by Malone has too long passed unchallanged . ' How far this ...
... original play : " Next them , a bastard of the King's deceased , A hardie wild - head , rough , and venturous . " —— STAUNTON considers that the latter part of this note by Malone has too long passed unchallanged . ' How far this ...
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... original compositor . . . . The context proves Theobald's alteration to be absolutely indispensable . According to the old read- ing ( in spite of Collier's strange explanation ) the second line contradicts the first . It may , perhaps ...
... original compositor . . . . The context proves Theobald's alteration to be absolutely indispensable . According to the old read- ing ( in spite of Collier's strange explanation ) the second line contradicts the first . It may , perhaps ...
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Page 582 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 651 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 255 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me ! If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 552 - John, Good friend, thou hast no cause to say so yet: But thou shalt have ; and creep time ne'er so slow, Yet it shall come, for me to do thee good. I had a thing to say, — But let it go : The sun is in the heaven, and the proud day, Attended with the pleasures of the world, Is all too wanton, and too full of gawds, To give me audience : — If the midnight bell Did, with his iron tongue and brazen mouth, Sound one unto the drowsy race of night...
Page 572 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me ! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness. By my Christendom, So I were out of prison, and kept sheep, I should be as merry as the day is long...
Page 644 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 182 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 576 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven : If that be true, I shall see my boy again...
Page 430 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 379 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...