The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.]. |
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There are no faces truer than those that are so washed . How much better is it to weep at joy , than to joy at weeping ! Beat . I pray you , is Signior Miontanto * returned from the wars , or no ? Mel .
There are no faces truer than those that are so washed . How much better is it to weep at joy , than to joy at weeping ! Beat . I pray you , is Signior Miontanto * returned from the wars , or no ? Mel .
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God keep your Ladyship still in that mind ! fo fome gentleman or other shall " scape a predestinate scratch'd face . Beat . " Scratching could not make it worse , an “ ' twere such a face as your's were . ” Bene .
God keep your Ladyship still in that mind ! fo fome gentleman or other shall " scape a predestinate scratch'd face . Beat . " Scratching could not make it worse , an “ ' twere such a face as your's were . ” Bene .
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I couid not endure a husband with a beard on his face , I had rather lie in woollen . Leon . You may light upon a husband that hath no beard . Beat . What should I do with him ? dress him in my apparel , and make him my waiting ...
I couid not endure a husband with a beard on his face , I had rather lie in woollen . Leon . You may light upon a husband that hath no beard . Beat . What should I do with him ? dress him in my apparel , and make him my waiting ...
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... To put a strange face on his own perfection ; I pray thee , sing ; and let me woo no more t . The SON G. Sigh no more , ladies , Sigh no more , , Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on more , To one thing constant ...
... To put a strange face on his own perfection ; I pray thee , sing ; and let me woo no more t . The SON G. Sigh no more , ladies , Sigh no more , , Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on more , To one thing constant ...
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And when was he wont to wash his face ? Pedro . Yea , or to paint himself ? for the which , I hear what they say of him . Claud . Nay , but his jesting spirit , which is now crept into a lute - ftring , and now govern'd by stops Pedro .
And when was he wont to wash his face ? Pedro . Yea , or to paint himself ? for the which , I hear what they say of him . Claud . Nay , but his jesting spirit , which is now crept into a lute - ftring , and now govern'd by stops Pedro .
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Page 77 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 244 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Page 231 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 231 - Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad.' ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in, stones, and good in every thing.
Page 212 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it...
Page 75 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 358 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land.
Page 106 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head ? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes, With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell ALL.
Page 183 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power; And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 236 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
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| Title | The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.]. Volume 2 of The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton and Dodd are pointed out, together with the author's life; a glossary [&c.], William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Hugh Blair |
| Published | 1769 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
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