The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. National ed. [6], Volume 1 |
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... nature of the characters and incidents , of these wondrous creations , have often given a co- herence and force to my own imperfect conceptions , which the best criticism might have failed to supply . This consideration , as well as the ...
... nature of the characters and incidents , of these wondrous creations , have often given a co- herence and force to my own imperfect conceptions , which the best criticism might have failed to supply . This consideration , as well as the ...
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... natural and obvious , the images familiar and general . The most celebrated passages have a cha- racter of grace rather than of beauty ; the elegance of a youthful poet aiming to be correct . Johnson considered this comedy to be wanting ...
... natural and obvious , the images familiar and general . The most celebrated passages have a cha- racter of grace rather than of beauty ; the elegance of a youthful poet aiming to be correct . Johnson considered this comedy to be wanting ...
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... nature of love , force you . SIL . O heaven ! PRO . I'll force thee yield to my desire . VAL . Ruffian , let go that rude uncivil touch ; PRO . Thou friend of an ill fashion ! Valentine ! VAL . Thou common friend , that's without faith ...
... nature of love , force you . SIL . O heaven ! PRO . I'll force thee yield to my desire . VAL . Ruffian , let go that rude uncivil touch ; PRO . Thou friend of an ill fashion ! Valentine ! VAL . Thou common friend , that's without faith ...
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... Nature , must have noted , is described in A Midsummer Night's Dream , ' - " Some to kill cankers in the musk - rose buds . " And in 1 Henry VI . , ' - " Hath not thy rose a canker . " The instrument by which the canker was pro- duced ...
... Nature , must have noted , is described in A Midsummer Night's Dream , ' - " Some to kill cankers in the musk - rose buds . " And in 1 Henry VI . , ' - " Hath not thy rose a canker . " The instrument by which the canker was pro- duced ...
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... nature - by the impulses of nature , by natural affection , -as opposed to vile offence , the violation of the municipal laws of Ephesus . The word too in this line was supplied in the second folio . The first folio reads- " And he ...
... nature - by the impulses of nature , by natural affection , -as opposed to vile offence , the violation of the municipal laws of Ephesus . The word too in this line was supplied in the second folio . The first folio reads- " And he ...
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Page 471 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court...
Page 479 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 473 - Tarry a little ; — there is something else. — This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are a pound of flesh : Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 385 - I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 242 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope ; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 454 - Is now converted : but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours, my lord...
Page 363 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.