The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages, from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, ... In Three VolumesJ. Macgowan, 1780 |
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... DEATH OF , 94 JULIUS CAESAR , 114 LEAR , KING , 140 MACBETH , 164 ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH , BY MRS . MONTAGUE 189 OTHELLO , 205 RICHARD II . LIFE AND DEATH OF , 224 RICHARD III . DITTO , 233 ROMEO AND JULIET , 247 TIMON , OF ATHENS ...
... DEATH OF , 94 JULIUS CAESAR , 114 LEAR , KING , 140 MACBETH , 164 ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH , BY MRS . MONTAGUE 189 OTHELLO , 205 RICHARD II . LIFE AND DEATH OF , 224 RICHARD III . DITTO , 233 ROMEO AND JULIET , 247 TIMON , OF ATHENS ...
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... deaths , Ere break the fmallest parcel of this vow . ACT IV . SCENE II . A gallant Warrior . faw young Harry with his beaver on , ( 12 ) His cuiffes on his thighs , gallantly arm'd , Rife from the ground like feather'd Mercury ; : And ...
... deaths , Ere break the fmallest parcel of this vow . ACT IV . SCENE II . A gallant Warrior . faw young Harry with his beaver on , ( 12 ) His cuiffes on his thighs , gallantly arm'd , Rife from the ground like feather'd Mercury ; : And ...
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... Death of Hotspur .. -Brave Percy - Fare thee well , I'll - weav'd ambition , how much art thou shrunk ! When that this body did contain a fpirit , A kingdom for it was too fmall a bound : But now two paces of the vileft earth Is room ...
... Death of Hotspur .. -Brave Percy - Fare thee well , I'll - weav'd ambition , how much art thou shrunk ! When that this body did contain a fpirit , A kingdom for it was too fmall a bound : But now two paces of the vileft earth Is room ...
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... death : And he doth fin , that doth belie the dead , Not he , which fays , the dead is not alive . ( 3 ) Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath ( 3 ) Yet , & c . ] Mr. Theobald remarks " this obfervation is cer- tainly true in ...
... death : And he doth fin , that doth belie the dead , Not he , which fays , the dead is not alive . ( 3 ) Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath ( 3 ) Yet , & c . ] Mr. Theobald remarks " this obfervation is cer- tainly true in ...
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... death of his fon Hotfpur . The rage and diftraction of the furviving father fhews how important the fon was in his opinion . Nothing muft be , now he is not : nature itself must fall with Percy . His grief renders him frantic : his ...
... death of his fon Hotfpur . The rage and diftraction of the furviving father fhews how important the fon was in his opinion . Nothing muft be , now he is not : nature itself must fall with Percy . His grief renders him frantic : his ...
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Page 85 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Page 167 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 225 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 85 - 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 251 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Page 238 - With that, methought, a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me, and howled in mine ears Such hideous cries, that, with the very noise, I trembling wak'd, and, for a season after, Could not believe but that I was in hell, Such terrible impression made my dream.
Page 168 - Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 125 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 254 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 73 - Content!' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.