The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators ; to which are Added Notes by Sam. Johnson, Volume 7J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, T. Lownds, and the executors of B. Dodd, 1765 |
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... fortunes by judicial Aftrology ( which was at that time much in vogue ) being per- formed by a long tedious calcu- lation , Shakespeare , with his ufual liberty , employs the fpecies [ cal- culate ] for the genus [ foretel . ] W ...
... fortunes by judicial Aftrology ( which was at that time much in vogue ) being per- formed by a long tedious calcu- lation , Shakespeare , with his ufual liberty , employs the fpecies [ cal- culate ] for the genus [ foretel . ] W ...
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... fortunes of Cæfar and the Roman Empire being concerned in the one ; and that of a few auxiliary troops only in the other ) Mr. Addifon could not , with proprie- ty , bring in that magnificent cir- cumftance which gives one of the ...
... fortunes of Cæfar and the Roman Empire being concerned in the one ; and that of a few auxiliary troops only in the other ) Mr. Addifon could not , with proprie- ty , bring in that magnificent cir- cumftance which gives one of the ...
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... fortune , just as men run with handkerchiefs , & c . to dip them in the blood of mar- tyrs , that they may partake of their merit . It is true , the thought is from the Chriftian Hillory ; but fo mall an anachronifm is no- thing with ...
... fortune , just as men run with handkerchiefs , & c . to dip them in the blood of mar- tyrs , that they may partake of their merit . It is true , the thought is from the Chriftian Hillory ; but fo mall an anachronifm is no- thing with ...
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... fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus , Thorough the hazards of this untrod State , With all true faith . So fays my master Antony . Bru . Thy mafter is a wife and valiant Roman y E 2 I never I never thought him worse . Tell him , fo ...
... fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus , Thorough the hazards of this untrod State , With all true faith . So fays my master Antony . Bru . Thy mafter is a wife and valiant Roman y E 2 I never I never thought him worse . Tell him , fo ...
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... fortune , honour for his valour , and death for his ambition . 9 Countrymen , and Lovers ! & c . There is no where , in all Shake- fpeare's works , a fironger proof of his not being what we call a fcholar , than this ; or of his not ...
... fortune , honour for his valour , and death for his ambition . 9 Countrymen , and Lovers ! & c . There is no where , in all Shake- fpeare's works , a fironger proof of his not being what we call a fcholar , than this ; or of his not ...
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Page 480 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 145 - O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy outwork nature: on each side her Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, With divers-colour'd fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. And what they undid, did. AGR. O, rare for Antony! ENO. Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i...
Page 10 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 61 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am, to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? — O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason ! — Bear with me ; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 65 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 24 - How that might change his nature, there's the question: It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — that? And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with.
Page 101 - 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 11 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name ; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well ; Weigh them, it is as heavy ; conjure with them, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 191 - I see, men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes ; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.
Page 60 - 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.