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William Shakespeare Alexander Chalmers. • The MERCHANT OF VENICE . )
The reader will find a distinct epitome of the novels from which the story of this
play is supposed to be taken , in the new edition of Shakspeare , 21 vols . 8vo .
1803 .
William Shakespeare Alexander Chalmers. • The MERCHANT OF VENICE . )
The reader will find a distinct epitome of the novels from which the story of this
play is supposed to be taken , in the new edition of Shakspeare , 21 vols . 8vo .
1803 .
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I suppose then the present play not originally the work of Shakspeare , but
restored by him to the stage , with the whole Induction of the Tinker ; and some
other occasional improvements ; especially in the character of Petruchio . It is
very ...
I suppose then the present play not originally the work of Shakspeare , but
restored by him to the stage , with the whole Induction of the Tinker ; and some
other occasional improvements ; especially in the character of Petruchio . It is
very ...
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I once thought that the name of this play might have been taken from an old story
, entitled , The Wyf lapped in Morell ' s Skin , or The Taming of a Shrew ; but I
have since discovered among the entries in the books of the Stationers '
Company ...
I once thought that the name of this play might have been taken from an old story
, entitled , The Wyf lapped in Morell ' s Skin , or The Taming of a Shrew ; but I
have since discovered among the entries in the books of the Stationers '
Company ...
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2 Play . So please your lordship to accept our duty . Lord . With all my heart . —
This fellow I remember , Since once he play ' d a farmer ' s eldest son ;' Twas
where you woo ' d the gentlewoman so well : I have forgot your name ; but , sure ,
that ...
2 Play . So please your lordship to accept our duty . Lord . With all my heart . —
This fellow I remember , Since once he play ' d a farmer ' s eldest son ;' Twas
where you woo ' d the gentlewoman so well : I have forgot your name ; but , sure ,
that ...
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Your honour ' s players , hearing your amendment , Are come to play a pleasant
comedy , For so your doctors hold it very meet ; Seeing too much sadness hath
congeald your blood , And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy , Therefore , they ...
Your honour ' s players , hearing your amendment , Are come to play a pleasant
comedy , For so your doctors hold it very meet ; Seeing too much sadness hath
congeald your blood , And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy , Therefore , they ...
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Page 125 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 50 - Christian is ? if you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge ? if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? revenge ; If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villany, you teach me, I will execute ; and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.
Page 86 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 21 - About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help : Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say ' Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 130 - Take that : and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age ! Here is the gold; All this I give you : Let me be your servant ; Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly : let me go with you ; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your...
Page 82 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 505 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength — a malady Most incident to maids...
Page 504 - Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean: so, o'er that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
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| Title | Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the Shrew. Winter's tale Volume 3 of The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., with a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes from the Most Eminent Commentators, a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Illustrated by | Henry Fuseli |
| Publisher | J. Nichols, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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