New Readings & New Renderings of Shakespeare's Tragedies, Volume 2; Volume 144K. Paul, Trench, 1881 |
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... once , ' being but one . There- fore the end of the line is idle . The true reading surely is , and I propose it accordingly : Nor never Hydra - headed wilfulness So soon did lose his heads , and all at once . The metaphor is thus ...
... once , ' being but one . There- fore the end of the line is idle . The true reading surely is , and I propose it accordingly : Nor never Hydra - headed wilfulness So soon did lose his heads , and all at once . The metaphor is thus ...
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... once the meaning of ' wild with anger or malevolence , ' although general dictionaries of the language omit such a sense . So of Nero : ' The gydye wretche lette sette the town of Rome on fuyre . ' R. Gloucester . This specific sense of ...
... once the meaning of ' wild with anger or malevolence , ' although general dictionaries of the language omit such a sense . So of Nero : ' The gydye wretche lette sette the town of Rome on fuyre . ' R. Gloucester . This specific sense of ...
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... once the eagle England being in prey , To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot Comes sneaking , and so sucks her princely eggs ; Playing the mouse , in absence of the cat . To spoil and havock more than she can eat , Exe . It follows then ...
... once the eagle England being in prey , To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot Comes sneaking , and so sucks her princely eggs ; Playing the mouse , in absence of the cat . To spoil and havock more than she can eat , Exe . It follows then ...
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... once ' afoot ' means ' in course of performance at the same time , ' ' once ' being equivalent to ' at once . ' The passage is out of gear . But it is observable that some words are here repeated , and without any other effect than that ...
... once ' afoot ' means ' in course of performance at the same time , ' ' once ' being equivalent to ' at once . ' The passage is out of gear . But it is observable that some words are here repeated , and without any other effect than that ...
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... once calls the sun of a dull day , ' the travelling lamp ' ; travelling ' being a word which expresses the plodding of one who makes a long journey afoot . ( See my note , Vol . I. p . 270. ) We have ' man ' and ' son ' accidentally ...
... once calls the sun of a dull day , ' the travelling lamp ' ; travelling ' being a word which expresses the plodding of one who makes a long journey afoot . ( See my note , Vol . I. p . 270. ) We have ' man ' and ' son ' accidentally ...
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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.