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For when he saw her Doorés sperred all , Well nigh for Sorrow'adown he ' gan to fall . But now for the Six Gates , the very Names of which our itors have barbarously demolish'd ; and which Mr. Pope , tho the Translator of Homer ...
For when he saw her Doorés sperred all , Well nigh for Sorrow'adown he ' gan to fall . But now for the Six Gates , the very Names of which our itors have barbarously demolish'd ; and which Mr. Pope , tho the Translator of Homer ...
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But , with Submission , this Gentleman's Note is much more absurd : for it falls out very unluckily for his Remark , that tho Paris is , for the Generality , in Homer call d'Alexander ; yet , in this Play , by any one of the Characters ...
But , with Submission , this Gentleman's Note is much more absurd : for it falls out very unluckily for his Remark , that tho Paris is , for the Generality , in Homer call d'Alexander ; yet , in this Play , by any one of the Characters ...
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... and make him fall His Crest , that prouder than blue Iris bends . If the dull brainless Ajax come safe off , We'll dress him up in voices : if he fail , Yet go we under our opinion still , That we have better men .
... and make him fall His Crest , that prouder than blue Iris bends . If the dull brainless Ajax come safe off , We'll dress him up in voices : if he fail , Yet go we under our opinion still , That we have better men .
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So in his Winter's Tale ; To fall I do To tb ' freshest Things now reigning , and make ftale The gliftring of this present . This old Aunt , who is only hinted at by our Poet , is Hefione , the Daughter of Laomedon and Silter of Priam .
So in his Winter's Tale ; To fall I do To tb ' freshest Things now reigning , and make ftale The gliftring of this present . This old Aunt , who is only hinted at by our Poet , is Hefione , the Daughter of Laomedon and Silter of Priam .
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If Troy be not taken ' till these two undermine it , the walls will stand ' till they fall of themselves . Othou great thunderdarter of Olympus , forget that thou art Jove the King of Gods ; and , Mercury , lofe all the serpentine craft ...
If Troy be not taken ' till these two undermine it , the walls will stand ' till they fall of themselves . Othou great thunderdarter of Olympus , forget that thou art Jove the King of Gods ; and , Mercury , lofe all the serpentine craft ...
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Page 70 - Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.
Page 279 - Tears in his eyes, distraction in 's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her!
Page 249 - 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 290 - ... accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted, and bellowed, that I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Page 325 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 168 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die ! like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume.
Page 441 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 245 - The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.
Page 152 - What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for thy. name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
Page 272 - In form and moving how express and admirable ! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, — no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
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| Title | The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes, Volume 7 The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Mr. Theobald (Lewis) |
| Publisher | A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1733 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
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