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 |
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Page 19
... to their works , I believe.every reader of taste admires , not only the fertility of
their imagination , but the judgment with which they availed themselves of the
superstition of the times , and of the customs and modes of the country , in which
they ...
... to their works , I believe.every reader of taste admires , not only the fertility of
their imagination , but the judgment with which they availed themselves of the
superstition of the times , and of the customs and modes of the country , in which
they ...
Page 54
Viva faxa , & mugire solum , are as strong as graves wak'd their sleepers in our
author , which every true reader of S. will immediately acknowledge the genuine
reading ; it is indeed extremely bold , and for that reason , the more likely to be
his ...
Viva faxa , & mugire solum , are as strong as graves wak'd their sleepers in our
author , which every true reader of S. will immediately acknowledge the genuine
reading ; it is indeed extremely bold , and for that reason , the more likely to be
his ...
Page 160
In the second line of the text , the meaning seems plain to any vulgar reader ; but
Mr. Warburton imagining something more than his author intended , alters it to
That likes not peace nor war . The author is describing the fickleness of the mob ...
In the second line of the text , the meaning seems plain to any vulgar reader ; but
Mr. Warburton imagining something more than his author intended , alters it to
That likes not peace nor war . The author is describing the fickleness of the mob ...
Page 162
... ( for the reader must know , he explains ware , by commodity and merchandije
) may tell us we should read , commit the ... from commettre , an old French word ,
which is no small recommendation to it ; but a poor poetical reader would let this
...
... ( for the reader must know , he explains ware , by commodity and merchandije
) may tell us we should read , commit the ... from commettre , an old French word ,
which is no small recommendation to it ; but a poor poetical reader would let this
...
Page 222
The reader will observe it is said he came with his stockings loose , ungarter'd ,
and down - gyred to his ankle ; that is , rolld or turn'd down to his ankle ; but to me
there appears no difference in loose and ungarter'd , if they were loofe , ' twas ...
The reader will observe it is said he came with his stockings loose , ungarter'd ,
and down - gyred to his ankle ; that is , rolld or turn'd down to his ankle ; but to me
there appears no difference in loose and ungarter'd , if they were loofe , ' twas ...
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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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