Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays,: As They are Now Performed at the Theatres Royal in London; : Regulated from the Prompt Books of Each House by Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; by the Authors of the Dramatic Censor, Volume 6 |
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Page 19
Val . Now trust me , madam , it came hardly off ; For , being ignorant to whom it
goes , I writ at random , very doubtfully . Sil . Perchance , you think too much of fo
mach paims , Val . No , madam ; so it stead you , I will write , Please you
command ...
Val . Now trust me , madam , it came hardly off ; For , being ignorant to whom it
goes , I writ at random , very doubtfully . Sil . Perchance , you think too much of fo
mach paims , Val . No , madam ; so it stead you , I will write , Please you
command ...
Page 55
In what you please ; I'll do , fir , what I can . • Notwithstanding this soliloquy has
peculiar characteristic oddity and humour , it is mucb too long ; we have therefore
pointed out the passages to be spared . + There is great indecency contained in ...
In what you please ; I'll do , fir , what I can . • Notwithstanding this soliloquy has
peculiar characteristic oddity and humour , it is mucb too long ; we have therefore
pointed out the passages to be spared . + There is great indecency contained in ...
Page 75
Let one attend him with a silver bason , Full of rose - water , and bestrew'd with
flowers ; Another bear the ewer , the third a diaper , And say , -Will't please your
lordship cool your hands ? Some one be ready with a costly suit , And ak him
what ...
Let one attend him with a silver bason , Full of rose - water , and bestrew'd with
flowers ; Another bear the ewer , the third a diaper , And say , -Will't please your
lordship cool your hands ? Some one be ready with a costly suit , And ak him
what ...
Page 78
S. Will't please your lordship drink a cup of sack : 2. S. Will't please your honour
taste of these conserves ? 3. S. What raiment will your honour wear to - day ? Sly
. I am Christophero Sly ; call not me - honour , nor lordship : I ne'er drank fack in ...
S. Will't please your lordship drink a cup of sack : 2. S. Will't please your honour
taste of these conserves ? 3. S. What raiment will your honour wear to - day ? Sly
. I am Christophero Sly ; call not me - honour , nor lordship : I ne'er drank fack in ...
Page 136
... and , - if you please to like No worse than I , fir , -upon fome agreement , Me
shall you find most ready and most willing With one consent to have her so
bestow'd : For . curious I cannot be with you , Signior Baptifta , of whom I hear fo
well .
... and , - if you please to like No worse than I , fir , -upon fome agreement , Me
shall you find most ready and most willing With one consent to have her so
bestow'd : For . curious I cannot be with you , Signior Baptifta , of whom I hear fo
well .
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| Title | Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays,: As They are Now Performed at the Theatres Royal in London; : Regulated from the Prompt Books of Each House by Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; by the Authors of the Dramatic Censor, Volume 6 Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays,: As They are Now Performed at the Theatres Royal in London; : Regulated from the Prompt Books of Each House by Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; by the Authors of the Dramatic Censor, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | John Bell ... and C. Etherington at York., 1774 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2007 |
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