Taming of the shrew. All's well that ends wellPrinted for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1788 |
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... believe that he wanted to claim the play as his own ; for it was not even printed till some years after his death ; but he merely revived it on his stage as a manager . man . In support of what I have said relative to this play , let me ...
... believe that he wanted to claim the play as his own ; for it was not even printed till some years after his death ; but he merely revived it on his stage as a manager . man . In support of what I have said relative to this play , let me ...
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... believe he was a lord : But you affirm ( and in it seem most eager ) " Twill make a lord as drunk as any beggar . Bid Norton brew such ale as Shakspere fancies Did put Kit Sly into such lordly trances : And let us meet there ( for a fit ...
... believe he was a lord : But you affirm ( and in it seem most eager ) " Twill make a lord as drunk as any beggar . Bid Norton brew such ale as Shakspere fancies Did put Kit Sly into such lordly trances : And let us meet there ( for a fit ...
Page vi
... believe the former comedy of the Taming the Shrew , 1607 , nor the old play of King John in two parts , to have been the work of Shakspere ? He generally followed every novel or history from whence he took his plots , as closely as he ...
... believe the former comedy of the Taming the Shrew , 1607 , nor the old play of King John in two parts , to have been the work of Shakspere ? He generally followed every novel or history from whence he took his plots , as closely as he ...
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... Believe me , lord , I think he cannot choose . 2 Hunt . It would seem strange unto him when he wak'd . Lord . Even as a flattering dream , or worthless fancy . Then take him up , and manage well the jest : - Carry him gently to my ...
... Believe me , lord , I think he cannot choose . 2 Hunt . It would seem strange unto him when he wak'd . Lord . Even as a flattering dream , or worthless fancy . Then take him up , and manage well the jest : - Carry him gently to my ...
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... Believe me , sister , of all the men alive , 10 I never yet beheld that special face Which I could fancy more than any other . Kath . Minion , thou ly'st ; Is't not Hortensio ? E Bian . Bian . If you affect him , sister , here A & II ...
... Believe me , sister , of all the men alive , 10 I never yet beheld that special face Which I could fancy more than any other . Kath . Minion , thou ly'st ; Is't not Hortensio ? E Bian . Bian . If you affect him , sister , here A & II ...
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Page 77 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...
Page 119 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper. Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe: And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience ; — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 98 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 3 - I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram — a man noble without generosity, and young without truth ; who marries Helen as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate ; when she is dead by his unkindness, sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness.
Page 38 - 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.