The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII, with Various Readings from All the Editions and All the Commentators, Notes, Introductory Remarks, a Historical Sketch of the Text, an Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Drama, a Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay Upon the Genius, Volume 10Little, Brown, 1862 |
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... heart of the world for ages , or that in Shakespeare's transfiguration of it his fancy and his youthful fire had a much larger share than his philosophy or his imagination . The only variations from the story in the play are the three ...
... heart of the world for ages , or that in Shakespeare's transfiguration of it his fancy and his youthful fire had a much larger share than his philosophy or his imagination . The only variations from the story in the play are the three ...
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... Heart of Midlothian , or Jeanie Deans , ' written by herself . I had already engaged to play my drama at the Arch Street Theatre , in that city . . . I received the following letter from Mr. Wheatley . " My dear Sir : Last Friday night ...
... Heart of Midlothian , or Jeanie Deans , ' written by herself . I had already engaged to play my drama at the Arch Street Theatre , in that city . . . I received the following letter from Mr. Wheatley . " My dear Sir : Last Friday night ...
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... Heart of Midlothian , or Jeanie Deans . " As the play proceeded I compared it with your manuscript ; and , except in the early scenes of the first Act , I found the two dramas to be the same the same sequence of scenes , the same plot ...
... Heart of Midlothian , or Jeanie Deans . " As the play proceeded I compared it with your manuscript ; and , except in the early scenes of the first Act , I found the two dramas to be the same the same sequence of scenes , the same plot ...
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... heart's oppression . Rom . Good heart , at what ? Ben . Rom . Why , such is love's transgression . - Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast ; SC . I. 45 ROMEO AND JULIET .
... heart's oppression . Rom . Good heart , at what ? Ben . Rom . Why , such is love's transgression . - Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast ; SC . I. 45 ROMEO AND JULIET .
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... heart , My will to her consent is but a part ; An she agree , within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice . This night I hold an old accustom'd feast , Whereto I have invited many a guest , Such as I love ; and ...
... heart , My will to her consent is but a part ; An she agree , within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice . This night I hold an old accustom'd feast , Whereto I have invited many a guest , Such as I love ; and ...
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Page 369 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 379 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 71 - But to be frank, and give it thee again. 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 334 - I have not slept Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The Genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council ; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 365 - Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Page 57 - O ! then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 478 - Witch Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and...
Page 13 - Romeo ; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 320 - I, as ^Eneas, our great ancestor, Did, from the flames of Troy, upon his shoulder, The old Anchises bear, so, from the waves of Tiber, Did I the tired Caesar : and this man Is now become a god ; and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body. If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 363 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.