New Readings & New Renderings of Shakespeare's Tragedies, Volume 2; Volume 144K. Paul, Trench, 1881 |
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... Holinshed : When this truce was ' thus confirmed , manie of the English armie returned home ' through France , so to passe over by the narrow seas into ' England , but the king himselfe with a few other , taking their I ships to passe ...
... Holinshed : When this truce was ' thus confirmed , manie of the English armie returned home ' through France , so to passe over by the narrow seas into ' England , but the king himselfe with a few other , taking their I ships to passe ...
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... Holinshed , and means , ' lands given by laymen ' who are tem- poral persons as distinguished from those given by spiritual persons . The line would be better punctuated , I think , Would they strip from us , being valued thus , - The ...
... Holinshed , and means , ' lands given by laymen ' who are tem- poral persons as distinguished from those given by spiritual persons . The line would be better punctuated , I think , Would they strip from us , being valued thus , - The ...
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... Holinshed . It did not , however , suit the character of the Archbishop , in the description of the lands , to designate them , as Holinshed does , ' temporal lands ' devoutlie given and disordinately spent by religious and ' other ...
... Holinshed . It did not , however , suit the character of the Archbishop , in the description of the lands , to designate them , as Holinshed does , ' temporal lands ' devoutlie given and disordinately spent by religious and ' other ...
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... Holinshed : by wise persuasions and wittie ' handling of the matter , the knot & c . was dissolved . ' A.D. 1439. Perhaps therefore the right reading is- To steal his wit , and honey'd sentences . Cant . So that the art and practick ...
... Holinshed : by wise persuasions and wittie ' handling of the matter , the knot & c . was dissolved . ' A.D. 1439. Perhaps therefore the right reading is- To steal his wit , and honey'd sentences . Cant . So that the art and practick ...
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... up with some show of ' truth ; ' and this meaning would precisely correspond with the expression , to make his title seem good and true , ' which are the words of Holinshed , so often closely copied by 16 ACT I. KING HENRY V.
... up with some show of ' truth ; ' and this meaning would precisely correspond with the expression , to make his title seem good and true , ' which are the words of Holinshed , so often closely copied by 16 ACT I. KING HENRY V.
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Page 3 - Whose high upreared and abutting fronts The perilous narrow ocean parts asunder. Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 28 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds; Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor: Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-ey'd justice, with his surly hum,...
Page 483 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean; So many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave.
Page 370 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.