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Puck's enumeration of the feats of a fairy is the most agreeable recital of their
supposed gambols . To all these beings our poet has assigned tasks , and
appropriated manners adapted to their imputed dispofitions and characters ;
which are ...
Puck's enumeration of the feats of a fairy is the most agreeable recital of their
supposed gambols . To all these beings our poet has assigned tasks , and
appropriated manners adapted to their imputed dispofitions and characters ;
which are ...
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The poet found himfelf happily situated amidst enchantments , gholts , goblins ;
every element supposed the refidence of a kind of deity ; the genius of the
mountain , the fpirit of the floods , the oak endued with sacred prophecy , made
men ...
The poet found himfelf happily situated amidst enchantments , gholts , goblins ;
every element supposed the refidence of a kind of deity ; the genius of the
mountain , the fpirit of the floods , the oak endued with sacred prophecy , made
men ...
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... when he rests among the blossoms and at the time , when fairies and aėrial
sprits are and ever have been supposed to enjoy their revels - after sunset he
gaily travels about on the back of the bat . General Observation . Though the
Tempejt ...
... when he rests among the blossoms and at the time , when fairies and aėrial
sprits are and ever have been supposed to enjoy their revels - after sunset he
gaily travels about on the back of the bat . General Observation . Though the
Tempejt ...
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William Shakespeare. be supposed to have furnished S. with materials for wris
ting this play : the fable of which must therefore pass entirely for his own
production , till the contrary can be made appear by any future discovery . One of
the poet's ...
William Shakespeare. be supposed to have furnished S. with materials for wris
ting this play : the fable of which must therefore pass entirely for his own
production , till the contrary can be made appear by any future discovery . One of
the poet's ...
Page 228
The words of Cato are not like those of Hamki , the emanations of the foul ; they
are therefore improper for a soliloquy , where the discourse is supposed to be
held with the heart , that fountain of truth . Cao feems instructed as to all his
doubts ...
The words of Cato are not like those of Hamki , the emanations of the foul ; they
are therefore improper for a soliloquy , where the discourse is supposed to be
held with the heart , that fountain of truth . Cao feems instructed as to all his
doubts ...
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Page 212 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 205 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Page 217 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres...
Page 209 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 233 - No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Page 72 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page 60 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Page 226 - That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have/ He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Page 36 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 236 - Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence. What then? what rests? Try what repentance can: what can it not? Yet what can it, when one can not repent? O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul, that struggling to be free Art more engaged! Help, angels! make assay; Bow, stubborn knees; and heart with strings of steel Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All may be well.
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| Title | The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages, from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, ... In Three Volumes Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages, from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, ... In Three Volumes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | J. Macgowan, 1780 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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