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... speaking lands. There are probably not three theatres in Germany that use the same translation or adaptation of Shakespeare. To meet this want of uniformity, a selection of the dramas was issued by Eduard and Otto Devrient, a name that ...
... speaking lands. There are probably not three theatres in Germany that use the same translation or adaptation of Shakespeare. To meet this want of uniformity, a selection of the dramas was issued by Eduard and Otto Devrient, a name that ...
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... speak it, I feel I should be thinking it; — the voice only is the poet's, — the words are my own. 13. rivals] Warburton : That is, partners [which is the word used here in Qj. — White.] Ritson: Thus, in Heywood's Rape of Lucrece, 1636 ...
... speak it, I feel I should be thinking it; — the voice only is the poet's, — the words are my own. 13. rivals] Warburton : That is, partners [which is the word used here in Qj. — White.] Ritson: Thus, in Heywood's Rape of Lucrece, 1636 ...
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... speak to it. Hot. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Ber. Sit down awhile ; 30 And let us once again assail your ears ... speaking of 'this thing' Mar. rises into 'This dreaded sight,' which immediately afterwards becomes 'this apparition ...
... speak to it. Hot. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Ber. Sit down awhile ; 30 And let us once again assail your ears ... speaking of 'this thing' Mar. rises into 'This dreaded sight,' which immediately afterwards becomes 'this apparition ...
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... speak of this. Ber. Last night of all, 35 When yond same star that's westward from the pole Had made his course to illume that part of heaven Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, The bell then beating one, — Enter Ghost Mar. Peace ...
... speak of this. Ber. Last night of all, 35 When yond same star that's westward from the pole Had made his course to illume that part of heaven Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, The bell then beating one, — Enter Ghost Mar. Peace ...
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... speak to it, Horatio. Ber. Looks it not like the king ? mark it, Horatio. Hot. Most like ; it harrows me with fear and wonder. Ber. It would be spoke to. Mar. Question it, Horatio. 45 Hot. What art thou, that usurp'st this time of night ...
... speak to it, Horatio. Ber. Looks it not like the king ? mark it, Horatio. Hot. Most like ; it harrows me with fear and wonder. Ber. It would be spoke to. Mar. Question it, Horatio. 45 Hot. What art thou, that usurp'st this time of night ...
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Page 396 - ... in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chop-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come ; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What 's that, my lord ? Ham. Dost...
Page 303 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, , : . • . . That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 199 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 82 - By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Page 233 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 291 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 232 - And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself...