The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 11R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... Song of his Polyolbion , has an expression resembling this : " Thick vapours , that , like ruggs , still hang the troubled air . ” STEEVENS . Polyolbion was not published till 1612 , after this play had cer- tainly been exhibited ; but ...
... Song of his Polyolbion , has an expression resembling this : " Thick vapours , that , like ruggs , still hang the troubled air . ” STEEVENS . Polyolbion was not published till 1612 , after this play had cer- tainly been exhibited ; but ...
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... Song of Drayton's Polyolbion , ) was an annual custom observed in the country on the vigil of the new year ; and had its beginning , as some say , from the words which Ronix , daughter of Hengist , used , when she drank to Vortigern ...
... Song of Drayton's Polyolbion , ) was an annual custom observed in the country on the vigil of the new year ; and had its beginning , as some say , from the words which Ronix , daughter of Hengist , used , when she drank to Vortigern ...
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... songs repeat , " And sleeping flow'rs beneath the night dews sweat . " Even lust and envy sleep ! " These lines , though so well known , I have transcribed , that the contrast between them and this passage of Shakspeare may be more ...
... songs repeat , " And sleeping flow'rs beneath the night dews sweat . " Even lust and envy sleep ! " These lines , though so well known , I have transcribed , that the contrast between them and this passage of Shakspeare may be more ...
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... is necessary to the rhyme . Nor is this the only place in which Shakspeare has sacrificed grammar to rhyme . In Cymbeline , the song in Cloten's serenade runs thus : SCENE II . The Same . Enter Lady MACBETH . • 1101 SC . I. MACBETH .
... is necessary to the rhyme . Nor is this the only place in which Shakspeare has sacrificed grammar to rhyme . In Cymbeline , the song in Cloten's serenade runs thus : SCENE II . The Same . Enter Lady MACBETH . • 1101 SC . I. MACBETH .
Page 103
... songs of death ! MALONE . 9 the surfeited grooms DO MOCK their charge with snores : ] i . e . By going to sleep , they trifle and make light of the trust reposed in them , that of watching by their king . So , in Othello : " O mistress ...
... songs of death ! MALONE . 9 the surfeited grooms DO MOCK their charge with snores : ] i . e . By going to sleep , they trifle and make light of the trust reposed in them , that of watching by their king . So , in Othello : " O mistress ...
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