The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 4R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... speeches and lines thrown in here and there , which are easily distinguished , as being of a different stamp from the rest . HANMER . To this observation of Mr. Pope , which is very just , Mr. Theo- bald has added , that this is one of ...
... speeches and lines thrown in here and there , which are easily distinguished , as being of a different stamp from the rest . HANMER . To this observation of Mr. Pope , which is very just , Mr. Theo- bald has added , that this is one of ...
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... speech , in the sense in which it is used by musicians ; and in the present line with the addition of the preposition by , in a quite different sense . To set by in old language signifies to make account of . So , in the First Book of ...
... speech , in the sense in which it is used by musicians ; and in the present line with the addition of the preposition by , in a quite different sense . To set by in old language signifies to make account of . So , in the First Book of ...
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... speech of the servant is an allusion to that practice , and he means to say , that Silvia is a puppet , and that Valentine is to interpret to or rather for her . SIR J. HAWKINS . So , in The City Match , 1639 , by Jasper Maine : 66 ...
... speech of the servant is an allusion to that practice , and he means to say , that Silvia is a puppet , and that Valentine is to interpret to or rather for her . SIR J. HAWKINS . So , in The City Match , 1639 , by Jasper Maine : 66 ...
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... speeches conformable to each other , makes Launce say— “ Lose the flood and the voyage , " & c . MALONE . 7 - how QUOTE you my folly ? ] To quote is to observe . So , in Hamlet : 66 " I am sorry that with better head and judgment , " I ...
... speeches conformable to each other , makes Launce say— “ Lose the flood and the voyage , " & c . MALONE . 7 - how QUOTE you my folly ? ] To quote is to observe . So , in Hamlet : 66 " I am sorry that with better head and judgment , " I ...
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... speech in all the editions is assigned improperly to Thurio ; but he has been all along upon the stage , and could not know that the duke wanted his daughter . Besides , the first line and half of Silvia's answer is evidently addressed ...
... speech in all the editions is assigned improperly to Thurio ; but he has been all along upon the stage , and could not know that the duke wanted his daughter . Besides , the first line and half of Silvia's answer is evidently addressed ...
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alludes Amadis de Gaula ancient Antipholus Armado authentick copy beauty believe BIRON BOSWELL BOYET called comedy Comedy of Errors Costard doth Dromio DUKE edition editor emendation Enter Ephesus error Exeunt Exit fair fool Gentlemen Gentlemen of Verona give grace hair hast hath heart heaven JOHNSON Julia King Henry lady LAUNCE letter lord Love's Love's Labour's Lost madam MALONE MASON master means Merchant of Venice merry metre mistress MOTH musick never oath observed old copy passage play poet praise pray Princess printed Proteus quarto rhyme romances scene second folio sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's signifies Silvia Sonnet speak speech SPEED STEEVENS suppose sweet tell thee THEOBALD thou art Thurio TYRWHITT Valentine Venus and Adonis Verona verse WARBURTON word write
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Page 390 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive : They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 20 - I have no other but a woman's reason : I think him so, because I think him so.
Page 53 - Not for the world : why, man, she is mine own ; And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 380 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Page 100 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The Heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair, — For beauty lives with kindness ? Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling...