New Readings & New Renderings of Shakespeare's Tragedies, Volume 2; Volume 144K. Paul, Trench, 1881 |
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... whole train of thought and way of speaking have , to my apprehension , as they are at present assigned , a strong tinge of inconsequence and inapti- tude in them . I cannot but think that the passage was in- tended to stand , and I ...
... whole train of thought and way of speaking have , to my apprehension , as they are at present assigned , a strong tinge of inconsequence and inapti- tude in them . I cannot but think that the passage was in- tended to stand , and I ...
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... whole tenor of his existence , passed as it had been in vain occupations amongst frivolous companions , and also entirely under the popular eye , without the reserve of any time for thought , his intellectual mastery of topics was ...
... whole tenor of his existence , passed as it had been in vain occupations amongst frivolous companions , and also entirely under the popular eye , without the reserve of any time for thought , his intellectual mastery of topics was ...
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... whole I believe the right reading to be Than amply to unbrace their crooked titles . ' To unbrace ' is ' to expose by loosening and letting free ' what is tightly covered . ' So we hear of Hamlet with his doublet ' all unbraced ' ( act ...
... whole I believe the right reading to be Than amply to unbrace their crooked titles . ' To unbrace ' is ' to expose by loosening and letting free ' what is tightly covered . ' So we hear of Hamlet with his doublet ' all unbraced ' ( act ...
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... whole it appears to me clear that we should read and punctuate : They know your grace hath cause : and means and might Too hath your highness . ' Too ' was spelled in Shakespeare's days very often ' to ' ; and this word probably not ...
... whole it appears to me clear that we should read and punctuate : They know your grace hath cause : and means and might Too hath your highness . ' Too ' was spelled in Shakespeare's days very often ' to ' ; and this word probably not ...
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... whole sentence to import that silken dalliance is laid by for a season , as silken garments are put off and consigned to the wardrobe . There is , however , a great charm in the metaphor , which suggests so happily at the same time a ...
... whole sentence to import that silken dalliance is laid by for a season , as silken garments are put off and consigned to the wardrobe . There is , however , a great charm in the metaphor , which suggests so happily at the same time a ...
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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.