The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. National ed. [6], Volume 1 |
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... follows up the opinion - that the allusion is to the instrument of torture called the Boots . That horrid engine , as well as the rack and other monuments of the cruelty of irresponsible power , was used in the question- in the ...
... follows up the opinion - that the allusion is to the instrument of torture called the Boots . That horrid engine , as well as the rack and other monuments of the cruelty of irresponsible power , was used in the question- in the ...
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... follows : - " It appears to me that the lines belong , properly , to Valentine , as given in all the editions , and not to Silvia , as suggested by you . The error of all the previous commenta- tors , and , as I think , the one into ...
... follows : - " It appears to me that the lines belong , properly , to Valentine , as given in all the editions , and not to Silvia , as suggested by you . The error of all the previous commenta- tors , and , as I think , the one into ...
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... follow . It appears to us that every one of an audience of The Co- medy of Errors , ' who keeps his eyes open , will , after he has become a little familiar with the persons of the two Antipholuses and the two Dromios , find out some ...
... follow . It appears to us that every one of an audience of The Co- medy of Errors , ' who keeps his eyes open , will , after he has become a little familiar with the persons of the two Antipholuses and the two Dromios , find out some ...
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... follow the line spoken by the Abbess- " And speak unto the same Emilia . ” The transposition , which was made by Malone , is necessary to the sense . Did call me brother : -What I told you then SCENE I. ] 133 COMEDY OF ERRORS .
... follow the line spoken by the Abbess- " And speak unto the same Emilia . ” The transposition , which was made by Malone , is necessary to the sense . Did call me brother : -What I told you then SCENE I. ] 133 COMEDY OF ERRORS .
Page 138
... follows the game by the scent of the foot , as the blood - hound is said to do . The bailiff's dog - like attributes ... follow my young master , dry - foot , over Moorfields to London this morning . " 11 SCENE II . " One that , before ...
... follows the game by the scent of the foot , as the blood - hound is said to do . The bailiff's dog - like attributes ... follow my young master , dry - foot , over Moorfields to London this morning . " 11 SCENE II . " One that , before ...
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Antonio Appears Baptista BASS Bassanio BERTRAM Bianca BIRON BOYET Costard COUNT daughter Demetrius dost doth Dromio ducats DUKE Enter Ephesus Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fear folio fool gentle gentleman give grace Gremio hand hath hear heart heaven Helena Hermia honour Hortensio Kate KATH Katharine KING knave lady LAFEU LAUN look lord Love's Labour's Lost Lucentio Lysander madam maid marry master mean Merchant of Venice mistress MOTH never night original Padua Parolles passage Petrucio play pray Proteus Pyramus quartos reading Rousillon SCENE second folio servant Shakspere Shakspere's Shylock signior Silvia sirrah speak SPEED Steevens sweet tell thee There's Theseus thine thou art thou hast Thurio Tranio unto Valentine Venice wife word
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Page 471 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court...
Page 479 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 473 - Tarry a little ; — there is something else. — This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are a pound of flesh : Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 385 - I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
Page 242 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope ; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 454 - Is now converted : but now I was the lord Of this fair mansion, master of my servants, Queen o'er myself; and even now, but now, This house, these servants, and this same myself, Are yours, my lord...
Page 363 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.