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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... instance to have been used with one of its Roman fignifications , i . e . propitious or favourable : " Sis bonus O , felixque tuis ! " Virg . Ecl . 5. a sense of the word which must have been unknown to Shakspeare , but was familiar to ...
... instance to have been used with one of its Roman fignifications , i . e . propitious or favourable : " Sis bonus O , felixque tuis ! " Virg . Ecl . 5. a sense of the word which must have been unknown to Shakspeare , but was familiar to ...
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... instance ) the author wrote - And Gilbert & c . MALONE . 2 Nicholas Hopkins ? ) The old copy has - Michael Hopkins . Mr. Theobald made the emendation , conformably to the Chronicle : " Nicholas Hopkins , a monk of an house of the ...
... instance ) the author wrote - And Gilbert & c . MALONE . 2 Nicholas Hopkins ? ) The old copy has - Michael Hopkins . Mr. Theobald made the emendation , conformably to the Chronicle : " Nicholas Hopkins , a monk of an house of the ...
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... instance from Dray- ton's Shepherd's Garland : " - even so it fareth now with thee , " And with these wifards of thy mysterie . " The context of which shows , that by wisards are meant poets , and by mysterie their poetic skill , which ...
... instance from Dray- ton's Shepherd's Garland : " - even so it fareth now with thee , " And with these wifards of thy mysterie . " The context of which shows , that by wisards are meant poets , and by mysterie their poetic skill , which ...
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... instance , a correction , and the erafure that was defigned to make room for it , have both been printed . The phrafe I found in the text I have not disturbed , as it is supported by a passage in Antony and Cleopatra : " Commend unto ...
... instance , a correction , and the erafure that was defigned to make room for it , have both been printed . The phrafe I found in the text I have not disturbed , as it is supported by a passage in Antony and Cleopatra : " Commend unto ...
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... instance , are used merely to express perfons in whom power is lodged . The queen would in- finuate that Wolfey had rendered the highest officers of state sub- fervient to his will . STEEVENS . I believe we should read : Where powers ...
... instance , are used merely to express perfons in whom power is lodged . The queen would in- finuate that Wolfey had rendered the highest officers of state sub- fervient to his will . STEEVENS . I believe we should read : Where powers ...
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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...