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 10 |
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... skins Of ill shapte fishes ; and about his shelves A beggerly account of emptie boxes , Greene earthen pots , bladders , and mustie seeds , Remnants of packthred , and old cakes of Roses , Were thinly scattered , to make up a shew .
... skins Of ill shapte fishes ; and about his shelves A beggerly account of emptie boxes , Greene earthen pots , bladders , and mustie seeds , Remnants of packthred , and old cakes of Roses , Were thinly scattered , to make up a shew .
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That shews thee a weak slave ; for the weakest goes to the wall . Sam . ' Tis true ; and therefore women , being the ( 39 ) weaker vessels , are ever thrust to the wall : THE TRAGEDY OF ...
That shews thee a weak slave ; for the weakest goes to the wall . Sam . ' Tis true ; and therefore women , being the ( 39 ) weaker vessels , are ever thrust to the wall : THE TRAGEDY OF ...
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Tis all one , I will shew niyself a tyrant : when I have fought with the men , I will be cruel with the maids ; I will cut off their heads . Gre . The heads of the maids ? Sam . Ay , the heads of the maids , or their maidenheads ...
Tis all one , I will shew niyself a tyrant : when I have fought with the men , I will be cruel with the maids ; I will cut off their heads . Gre . The heads of the maids ? Sam . Ay , the heads of the maids , or their maidenheads ...
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These happy masks that kiss fair ladies ' brows , Being black , put us in mind they hide the fair He that is stricken blind cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost . Shew me a mistress that is passing ...
These happy masks that kiss fair ladies ' brows , Being black , put us in mind they hide the fair He that is stricken blind cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost . Shew me a mistress that is passing ...
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... Capulet's Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so lov'st , With all the admired beauties of Verona : Go thither ; and , with unattainted eye , Compare her face with some that I shall shew , And I will make thee think thy swan a crow .
... Capulet's Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so lov'st , With all the admired beauties of Verona : Go thither ; and , with unattainted eye , Compare her face with some that I shall shew , And I will make thee think thy swan a crow .
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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.