The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Added a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words, Volume 1J. Stockdale, 1807 |
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... better understanding his book : and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem , to many , not to want a comment ; yet I fancy some little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . He was the son of ...
... better understanding his book : and though the works of Mr. Shakspeare may seem , to many , not to want a comment ; yet I fancy some little account of the man himself may not be thought improper to go along with them . He was the son of ...
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... better pleased with those thoughts , altogether new and uncommon , which his own imagination so abundantly supplied him with , than if he had given us the most beautiful passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most ...
... better pleased with those thoughts , altogether new and uncommon , which his own imagination so abundantly supplied him with , than if he had given us the most beautiful passages out of the Greek and Latin poets , and that in the most ...
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... better pleased with it than with an exact tragedy . - The Merry Wives of Windsor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of the Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not ...
... better pleased with it than with an exact tragedy . - The Merry Wives of Windsor , The Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of the Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not ...
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... better in raising terrar in the minds of an audience than Shakspeare has done.The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the King is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that ...
... better in raising terrar in the minds of an audience than Shakspeare has done.The whole tragedy of Macbeth , but more especially the scene where the King is murdered , in the second act , as well as this play , is a noble proof of that ...
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... better messenger ; I fear. Fal . Love is your master , for he masters you ; And he that is so yoked by a fool , Methinks should not be chronicled for wise . Pro . Yet writers say , As in the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells , so ...
... better messenger ; I fear. Fal . Love is your master , for he masters you ; And he that is so yoked by a fool , Methinks should not be chronicled for wise . Pro . Yet writers say , As in the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells , so ...
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Page 405 - 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 11 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
Page 403 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 370 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come.
Page 371 - Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 218 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 522 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Page 203 - 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 522 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 5 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of. an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...