Shakespeare's Works, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1884 |
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Page 12
... remarks , “ underwent a much less thorough revision than the Second . Out of 3075 lines in Part II . there are 1715 new lines , some 840 altered lines ( many but very slightly altered ) , and some 520 old lines . In Part III . , out of ...
... remarks , “ underwent a much less thorough revision than the Second . Out of 3075 lines in Part II . there are 1715 new lines , some 840 altered lines ( many but very slightly altered ) , and some 520 old lines . In Part III . , out of ...
Page 16
... remarks on the character of Joan of Arc , as delineated in 1 Henry VI .; first , because I do not in my conscience attribute it to Shakspeare , and secondly , because in representing her according to the vulgar English traditions , as ...
... remarks on the character of Joan of Arc , as delineated in 1 Henry VI .; first , because I do not in my conscience attribute it to Shakspeare , and secondly , because in representing her according to the vulgar English traditions , as ...
Page 151
... remarks , the variation ( not found in the old plays ) may be inten- tional : " Gloster , while reading , gathers the main purport of the distaste- ful item , and blurts it out in abstract ; while the Cardinal , bid to ' read on ...
... remarks , the variation ( not found in the old plays ) may be inten- tional : " Gloster , while reading , gathers the main purport of the distaste- ful item , and blurts it out in abstract ; while the Cardinal , bid to ' read on ...
Page 152
... remarks : " There are wealthy kingdoms in the west as well as in the east , and the western kingdoms were more likely to be in the thoughts of the speaker . " 153. Smoothing . Flattering . See Rich . III . pp . 185 , 188 . 166. Hoise ...
... remarks : " There are wealthy kingdoms in the west as well as in the east , and the western kingdoms were more likely to be in the thoughts of the speaker . " 153. Smoothing . Flattering . See Rich . III . pp . 185 , 188 . 166. Hoise ...
Page 155
... remarks , the lines restored by Theo . " were doubtless struck out as enfeebling the impression of Glos- ter's supremacy . " D. and H. insert the lines , the latter reading our regent o'er the French . " Clarke has " lord regent o'er ...
... remarks , the lines restored by Theo . " were doubtless struck out as enfeebling the impression of Glos- ter's supremacy . " D. and H. insert the lines , the latter reading our regent o'er the French . " Clarke has " lord regent o'er ...
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2d folio arms battle bear blood brother Buckingham burgonet Capell reads Cardinal Clarence Clifford Coll conjecture crown dead death doth Duchess Duke Humphrey Duke of Gloster Duke of York Earl Earl of Warwick enemies England Enter KING Exeter Exeunt Exit father fear fight folios France friends give Gloster grace hand hath head heart heaven Henry VI Henry's Holinshed honour house of Lancaster house of York Jack Cade John John Cade King Edward King Henry King Lewis king's Lady Grey Lancaster live London lord majesty Malone Messenger Montague night Northumberland oath old play Oxford Pope reads Prince protector Queen Margaret Rich Richard Richard III Saint Alban's Salisbury SCENE Shakespeare Shakspere shalt Simpcox slain soldiers Somerset sovereign speak Steevens Suffolk sweet sword tears tell thee Theo thine thou art thou hast Tower traitor unto Warb Warwick wife words
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Page 79 - I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Page 61 - O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live.
Page 179 - Help me, Cassius, or I sink!' I (as ^Eneas, our great ancestor, Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear) so, from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar.
Page 107 - The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man...
Page 154 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 165 - And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Page 92 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted? * Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just; * And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, * Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 14 - God's name, let it go: I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Page 116 - When have I aught exacted at your hands, - But to maintain the king, the realm, and you? Large gifts have I bestow'd on learned clerks, Because my book preferr'd me to the king, And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven...
Page 107 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.