The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Historical and Analytical Prefaces, Comments, Critical and Explanatory Notes, Glossaries, and a Life of Shakespeare, Volume 5J. A. Hill, 1901 - English drama |
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... thing more must be particularly remarked , be- cause it serves to individualize the character from the beginning to the end of the poem . We are constantly sensible that Imogen , besides being a tender and de- voted woman , is a ...
... thing more must be particularly remarked , be- cause it serves to individualize the character from the beginning to the end of the poem . We are constantly sensible that Imogen , besides being a tender and de- voted woman , is a ...
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... thing , much rarer than the world pretends , and when exists , it is apt to be sparing of words . Did he simply fall back on his own expe- riences , his own inward sensations , his knowledge of his own heart , and , transposing his ...
... thing , much rarer than the world pretends , and when exists , it is apt to be sparing of words . Did he simply fall back on his own expe- riences , his own inward sensations , his knowledge of his own heart , and , transposing his ...
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... thing to carry him through the part assigned him in the play , without disqualifying overmuch the lady's judgement in choos- ing him ; and the Poet manifestly labours somewhat to plant such second - hand impressions of him as may se ...
... thing to carry him through the part assigned him in the play , without disqualifying overmuch the lady's judgement in choos- ing him ; and the Poet manifestly labours somewhat to plant such second - hand impressions of him as may se ...
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... thing he could do , was to give us a reflection of him from Imogen ; and if that reflec- tion , confirmed as it is by others , be not enough , there was no help for it ; it was the best that the nature of the case admitted of . And ...
... thing he could do , was to give us a reflection of him from Imogen ; and if that reflec- tion , confirmed as it is by others , be not enough , there was no help for it ; it was the best that the nature of the case admitted of . And ...
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... thing they scowl at . Sec . Gent . And why so ? First Gent . He that hath miss'd the princess is a thing . Too bad for bad report : and he that hath her , ΙΟ I mean , that married her , -alack , good 23 CYMBELINE. ...
... thing they scowl at . Sec . Gent . And why so ? First Gent . He that hath miss'd the princess is a thing . Too bad for bad report : and he that hath her , ΙΟ I mean , that married her , -alack , good 23 CYMBELINE. ...
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Page 43 - Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil, And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check to good and bad...
Page 92 - 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: perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.
Page 56 - Hark, hark ! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies ; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes : With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise : Arise, arise.
Page 78 - For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound ! Nay, hear me, Hubert ! drive these men away, And I will sit as quiet as a lamb; I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word, Nor look upon the iron angerly : Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, Whatever torment you do put me to.
Page 82 - This is the monstruosity in love, lady, that the will is infinite and the execution confined, that the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.
Page 187 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Page 109 - Fear no more the frown o' the great: Thou art past the tyrant's stroke. Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 15 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 81 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 180 - Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu ! she cries, And still her woes at midnight rise. Brave prick-song ! Who is't now we hear ? None but the lark so shrill and clear ; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat Poor robin redbreast tunes his note : Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing Cuckoo...