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The plot is in the bighest degree incongruous ; -- the spectator must imagine a lapse of more than sixteen years during a representation of two hours ; and behold a young lady , who is not even born at the commencement of the drama ...
The plot is in the bighest degree incongruous ; -- the spectator must imagine a lapse of more than sixteen years during a representation of two hours ; and behold a young lady , who is not even born at the commencement of the drama ...
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... the stars with oaths , Should yet say , “ Sir , no going . ” [ Mamillius and Attendant enter at L. U. E. ] Verily , You shall not go ; a lady's verily is As potent as a lord's . ( Leontes on returning SCENE 11. ] THE WINTER'S TALE . 11.
... the stars with oaths , Should yet say , “ Sir , no going . ” [ Mamillius and Attendant enter at L. U. E. ] Verily , You shall not go ; a lady's verily is As potent as a lord's . ( Leontes on returning SCENE 11. ] THE WINTER'S TALE . 11.
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O miserable lady ! —But , for me , What case stand I in ? I must be the poisoner Of good Polixenes : and my ground to do't Is the obedience to a master ; one , Who , in rebellion with himself , will have All that are his , so too .
O miserable lady ! —But , for me , What case stand I in ? I must be the poisoner Of good Polixenes : and my ground to do't Is the obedience to a master ; one , Who , in rebellion with himself , will have All that are his , so too .
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Mamillius off , L. Look on her , mark her well : be but about she is a goodly lady , " and The justice of your hearts will thereto add , “ ' Tis pity she's not honest , honourable : " Praise her but for this her without - door form ...
Mamillius off , L. Look on her , mark her well : be but about she is a goodly lady , " and The justice of your hearts will thereto add , “ ' Tis pity she's not honest , honourable : " Praise her but for this her without - door form ...
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You have mistook , my lady , Polixenes for Leontes . - 0 , thou thing , Which I'll not call a creature of thy place , Lest barbarism , making me the precedent , Should a like language use to all degrees , And mannerly distinguishment ...
You have mistook , my lady , Polixenes for Leontes . - 0 , thou thing , Which I'll not call a creature of thy place , Lest barbarism , making me the precedent , Should a like language use to all degrees , And mannerly distinguishment ...
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Page 15 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 14 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 41 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 18 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 17 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 20 - O Father Abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 48 - Dis's waggon! daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath...
Page 18 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Page 14 - 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.
Page 56 - 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.
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| Title | Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5 Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, John Cumberland |
| Editors | George Daniel, John Cumberland |
| Illustrated by | Robert Cruikshank |
| Publisher | J. Cumberland, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Feb 2006 |
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