Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes, Volume 1proprietors, 1820 |
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... sense , suffers cruelly by this reading . There are two nomi- natives to the verb bequeathed , and not so much as one to the verb charged : and yet , to the nominative there wanted , [ his blessing ] refers . So that the whole sentence ...
... sense , suffers cruelly by this reading . There are two nomi- natives to the verb bequeathed , and not so much as one to the verb charged : and yet , to the nominative there wanted , [ his blessing ] refers . So that the whole sentence ...
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... sense as we say — It is better to do mischief , than to do nothing . Johnson . Notwithstanding Dr. Warburton's far - fetched explanation , I believe that the words be naught awhile , mean no more than this : " Be content to be a cypher ...
... sense as we say — It is better to do mischief , than to do nothing . Johnson . Notwithstanding Dr. Warburton's far - fetched explanation , I believe that the words be naught awhile , mean no more than this : " Be content to be a cypher ...
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... sense indeed , and may be thus understood.- The reverence due to my father is , in some degree , derived to you , as the first - born . But I am persuaded that Orlando did not here mean to compliment his brother , or condemn himself ...
... sense indeed , and may be thus understood.- The reverence due to my father is , in some degree , derived to you , as the first - born . But I am persuaded that Orlando did not here mean to compliment his brother , or condemn himself ...
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... sense see may be here used . The sufferer can , with no propriety , be said to set the musick ; neither is the allusion to the act of tuning an instrument , or pricking a tune , one of which must be meant by setting musick . Rosalind ...
... sense see may be here used . The sufferer can , with no propriety , be said to set the musick ; neither is the allusion to the act of tuning an instrument , or pricking a tune , one of which must be meant by setting musick . Rosalind ...
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... sense requires that we should read , our eyes , and - our judgment . The argument is , Your spirits are too bold , and therefore your judgment deceives you ; but did you see and know yourself with our more impartial judgment , you would ...
... sense requires that we should read , our eyes , and - our judgment . The argument is , Your spirits are too bold , and therefore your judgment deceives you ; but did you see and know yourself with our more impartial judgment , you would ...
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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.