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 9Little, Brown, 1861 |
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... copies first circulated , it is not stated that the drama had been represented by any company ; and in a sort of preface headed , A never Writer to an ever Reader . News , ' it is asserted that it had never been staled with the stage ...
... copies first circulated , it is not stated that the drama had been represented by any company ; and in a sort of preface headed , A never Writer to an ever Reader . News , ' it is asserted that it had never been staled with the stage ...
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... copie under t'hands of Mr. Segar Deputy to Sir Geo . Bucke , and Mr. Warden Lownes : A booke called the History of Troylus and Cressula . ' * " The edition of 1609 was , doubtless , published in consequence of the entry of 28 Jan. 1608 ...
... copie under t'hands of Mr. Segar Deputy to Sir Geo . Bucke , and Mr. Warden Lownes : A booke called the History of Troylus and Cressula . ' * " The edition of 1609 was , doubtless , published in consequence of the entry of 28 Jan. 1608 ...
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... copies justly complained of by his folio editors , but certainly printed from a full and correct man- uscript . For some reason , soon after its publication , it was thought expedient to try its success upon the stage ; prob- ably ...
... copies justly complained of by his folio editors , but certainly printed from a full and correct man- uscript . For some reason , soon after its publication , it was thought expedient to try its success upon the stage ; prob- ably ...
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... copies so used were out of the control of the players who represented these dramas ; and that some one , authorized or not , printed each play from the copy used on these occasions . Let us look again at the passage in the preface to ...
... copies so used were out of the control of the players who represented these dramas ; and that some one , authorized or not , printed each play from the copy used on these occasions . Let us look again at the passage in the preface to ...
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... Copies of the Edition of 1609 , the title pages of which do not state that it " was acted by the King's Majesty's Servants , at the Globe . " that brought forth Venus . Amongst all there is none A neuer writer to an euer reader. ...
... Copies of the Edition of 1609 , the title pages of which do not state that it " was acted by the King's Majesty's Servants , at the Globe . " that brought forth Venus . Amongst all there is none A neuer writer to an euer reader. ...
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Page 284 - What is that curt'sy worth ? or those doves' eyes, Which can make gods forsworn ? I melt, and am not Of stronger earth than others. — My mother bows ; As if Olympus to a molehill should In supplication nod : and my young boy Hath an aspect of intercession, which Great nature cries, Deny not.
Page 83 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast ; keep then the path ; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue : If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Page 83 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, — A great-siz'd monster of ingratitudes : . Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done. Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.
Page 84 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O ! let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, That all with one consent praise new-born gauds.
Page 38 - Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then every thing includes itself in power, Power into will, will into appetite; And appetite, an universal wolf, So doubly seconded with will and power, Must make perforce an universal prey, And last eat up himself.
Page 37 - The heavens themselves, the planets and this centre, Observe degree, priority and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order...
Page 249 - You common cry of curs ! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air, I banish you ; And here remain with your uncertainty Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts ! Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes, Fan you into despair ! Have the power still To banish your defenders ; till, at length...
Page 38 - But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Page 38 - Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows ! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy : The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe : Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Page 38 - O ! when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick. How could communities, Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities, Peaceful commerce from dividable shores, The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place? Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark ! what discord follows...