The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, Volume 3 |
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The second vessel was made of fine silver , filled with earth and worms ; the superscription was thus : Whoso chuseth me , shall find that his nature desireth . The third vessel was made of lead , full within of precious stones ...
The second vessel was made of fine silver , filled with earth and worms ; the superscription was thus : Whoso chuseth me , shall find that his nature desireth . The third vessel was made of lead , full within of precious stones ...
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Now , by two - headed Janus , Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes , And laugh , like parrots , at a bag - piper ; And other of such vinegar aspéct , That they'll not show ...
Now , by two - headed Janus , Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes , And laugh , like parrots , at a bag - piper ; And other of such vinegar aspéct , That they'll not show ...
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Was this inserted to make interest good ? Or is your gold and silver , ewes and rams ? 5 the eanlings- ] Lambs just dropt : from ean , eniti . of kind , ] i . e . of nature . Shy . I cannot tell ; I make it breed 20 MERCHANT OF VENICE .
Was this inserted to make interest good ? Or is your gold and silver , ewes and rams ? 5 the eanlings- ] Lambs just dropt : from ean , eniti . of kind , ] i . e . of nature . Shy . I cannot tell ; I make it breed 20 MERCHANT OF VENICE .
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So curious an observer of nature was our author , and so minutely had he traced the operation of the passions , that many passages of his works might furnish hints to painters . It is indeed surprizing that they do not study his plays ...
So curious an observer of nature was our author , and so minutely had he traced the operation of the passions , that many passages of his works might furnish hints to painters . It is indeed surprizing that they do not study his plays ...
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Look on beauty , And you shall see ' tis purchas'd by the weight ; Which therein works a miracle in nature , Making them lightest that wear most of it : So are those crisped snaky golden locks , Which make such wanton gambols with the ...
Look on beauty , And you shall see ' tis purchas'd by the weight ; Which therein works a miracle in nature , Making them lightest that wear most of it : So are those crisped snaky golden locks , Which make such wanton gambols with the ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a ..., Volume 3 The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | George Steevens |
| Illustrated by | Henry Fuseli |
| Publisher | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1805 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2011 |
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