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 120
... fuppofe , the meaning is , that , or fuch a man , I am , have been , and will ever be . Our author has many hard and forced expreffions in his plays ; but many of the hardnesses in the piece before us appear to me of a different colour ...
... fuppofe , the meaning is , that , or fuch a man , I am , have been , and will ever be . Our author has many hard and forced expreffions in his plays ; but many of the hardnesses in the piece before us appear to me of a different colour ...
Page 231
... fuppofe , for engroffing it to himself . But the late editor , perhaps , because we have had Alexander the Great , Pope Alexander , and Alexander Pope , would not have so eminent a name proftituted to a common varlet . THEOBALD . This ...
... fuppofe , for engroffing it to himself . But the late editor , perhaps , because we have had Alexander the Great , Pope Alexander , and Alexander Pope , would not have so eminent a name proftituted to a common varlet . THEOBALD . This ...
Page 529
... fuppofe , some good neceffity Touches his friend , ] Good , as it may afford Ventidius an oppor- tunity of exercising his bounty , and relieving his friend , in return for his former kindness : -or , some honeft neceffity , not the ...
... fuppofe , some good neceffity Touches his friend , ] Good , as it may afford Ventidius an oppor- tunity of exercising his bounty , and relieving his friend , in return for his former kindness : -or , some honeft neceffity , not the ...
Page 582
... fuppofe , can doubt ; emendation therefore in this and a few other places , is not a matter of choice but neceffity . I have already more than once obferved , that many corruptions have crept into the old copy , by the transcriber's ear ...
... fuppofe , can doubt ; emendation therefore in this and a few other places , is not a matter of choice but neceffity . I have already more than once obferved , that many corruptions have crept into the old copy , by the transcriber's ear ...
Page 583
... fuppofe , with Dr. Johnson , that Shakspeare was ftill thinking of the rich and poor brother already described . I doubt much whether Dr. Johnson himself was fatisfied with his far - fetched explication of paftour , as applied to ...
... fuppofe , with Dr. Johnson , that Shakspeare was ftill thinking of the rich and poor brother already described . I doubt much whether Dr. Johnson himself was fatisfied with his far - fetched explication of paftour , as applied to ...
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Page 129 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 541 - Demand me nothing ; what you know, you know : From this time forth I never will speak word.
Page 74 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 135 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 130 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 133 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of...
Page 134 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?
Page 248 - Amidst the other : whose med'cinable eye Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil, And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check to good and bad : but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander.
Page 129 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, }Never to hope again.
Page 348 - There is a mystery (with whom relation Durst never meddle) in the soul of state; Which hath an operation more divine, Than breath, or pen, can give expressure to...