The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added NotesT. Longman, 1793 |
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Page 36
... prologue to one of the parts of Henry the Fourth ; and , fays Dr. Dodd , Shakspeare had doubt- less a view to either Virgil or Ovid in their de- scription of Fame . But why fo ? Stephen Hawes , in his Pastime of Pleasure had long before ...
... prologue to one of the parts of Henry the Fourth ; and , fays Dr. Dodd , Shakspeare had doubt- less a view to either Virgil or Ovid in their de- scription of Fame . But why fo ? Stephen Hawes , in his Pastime of Pleasure had long before ...
Page 38
... Prologue to Troilus and Creffida , ( which , by the way , is not met with in the quarto , ) Mr. Theobald informs us , that the very names of the gates of Troy , have been barbarously demolished by the editors : and a deal of learned ...
... Prologue to Troilus and Creffida , ( which , by the way , is not met with in the quarto , ) Mr. Theobald informs us , that the very names of the gates of Troy , have been barbarously demolished by the editors : and a deal of learned ...
Page 118
... nuper defunctum . Neither Henry II . nor Henry III . were born in London . See the Differtation above - cited , p . 12 . 9 The Wif of Bathes Prologue , v . 6137. Tyrwhitt's edit . 6 MSS . Harl . 2013 , & c . 118 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... nuper defunctum . Neither Henry II . nor Henry III . were born in London . See the Differtation above - cited , p . 12 . 9 The Wif of Bathes Prologue , v . 6137. Tyrwhitt's edit . 6 MSS . Harl . 2013 , & c . 118 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
Page 120
... prologue it is faid to be an imitation of Euripides , and that this is the first time the Virgin Mary had been introduced on the stage . The fashion of acting spiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was ...
... prologue it is faid to be an imitation of Euripides , and that this is the first time the Virgin Mary had been introduced on the stage . The fashion of acting spiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was ...
Page 129
... prologue , that these plays or interludes were not only played at Coventry , but in other towns and places upon occafion . And possibly this may be the fame play which Stow tells us was played in the reign of Henry IV . which lasted for ...
... prologue , that these plays or interludes were not only played at Coventry , but in other towns and places upon occafion . And possibly this may be the fame play which Stow tells us was played in the reign of Henry IV . which lasted for ...
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Page 506 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much.
Page 506 - Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise, And think to ruin, where it seemed to raise.
Page 530 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 316 - His mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 506 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 506 - And shake a stage; or, when thy socks were on Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.
Page 176 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like; sufficient, in truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Page 523 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Page 506 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 521 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground, When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.