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Page 30
I did not then entreat to have her stay , It was your pleasure , and your own
remorse ; I was too young that time to value her , But now I know her : if she be a
traitor , Why so am I ; we still have slept together , Rose at an instant , learn'd ,
play'd ...
I did not then entreat to have her stay , It was your pleasure , and your own
remorse ; I was too young that time to value her , But now I know her : if she be a
traitor , Why so am I ; we still have slept together , Rose at an instant , learn'd ,
play'd ...
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And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits , and their
entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts , His acts being seven
ages.8 At first , the infant , Wherein we play . I believe , with Mr. Pope , that we
should ...
And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits , and their
entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts , His acts being seven
ages.8 At first , the infant , Wherein we play . I believe , with Mr. Pope , that we
should ...
Page 60
Duke S. Welcome , fall to : I will not trouble you As yet , to question you about
your fortunes :Give us some musick ; and , good cousin , sing . comparing human
life to a stage play of seven acts , which is no unusual division before our author's
...
Duke S. Welcome , fall to : I will not trouble you As yet , to question you about
your fortunes :Give us some musick ; and , good cousin , sing . comparing human
life to a stage play of seven acts , which is no unusual division before our author's
...
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tis true , that a good play needs no epilogue : Yet to good wine they do use good
bushes ; and good plays prove the ... What a case am I in then , that am neither a
good epilogue , nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play ?
tis true , that a good play needs no epilogue : Yet to good wine they do use good
bushes ; and good plays prove the ... What a case am I in then , that am neither a
good epilogue , nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play ?
Page 146
I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased This passage should be
read thus : I charge you , O women , for the love you bear to men , to like as much
of this play as pleases them : and I charge you , O men , for the love you bear to ...
I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased This passage should be
read thus : I charge you , O women , for the love you bear to men , to like as much
of this play as pleases them : and I charge you , O men , for the love you bear to ...
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Page 33 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 60 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes , And whistles in his sound.
Page 211 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 41 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 59 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 66 - Truly, Shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life ; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well ; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vild life. Now, in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well ; but in respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious.
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| Title | Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, Volume 1 Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Authors | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | proprietors, 1820 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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