The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... kind of man he is . 2 GENT . Even out of your report . I honour him But , ' pray you , tell me , Is she sole child to the king ? 1 GENT . His only child . He had two sons , ( if this be worth your hearing , Mark it , ) the eldest of ...
... kind of man he is . 2 GENT . Even out of your report . I honour him But , ' pray you , tell me , Is she sole child to the king ? 1 GENT . His only child . He had two sons , ( if this be worth your hearing , Mark it , ) the eldest of ...
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... kind of fantastical perplexity . He means , I was then willing to take for my direction the experience of others , more than such intelligence as I had gathered myself . JOHNSON . This passage cannot bear the meaning that Johnson ...
... kind of fantastical perplexity . He means , I was then willing to take for my direction the experience of others , more than such intelligence as I had gathered myself . JOHNSON . This passage cannot bear the meaning that Johnson ...
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... kind of hand - in- hand comparison , ) had been something too fair , and too good , for any lady in Britany . If she went before others I have seen , as that diamond of yours out - lustres many I have beheld , I could not but be- lieve ...
... kind of hand - in- hand comparison , ) had been something too fair , and too good , for any lady in Britany . If she went before others I have seen , as that diamond of yours out - lustres many I have beheld , I could not but be- lieve ...
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... kind of ellipsis is common in these plays . What both you spur and stop at , the poet means . See a note on Act II . Sc . III . MALONE . The meaning is , ' what you seem anxious to utter , and yet with- hold . ' M. MASON . The allusion ...
... kind of ellipsis is common in these plays . What both you spur and stop at , the poet means . See a note on Act II . Sc . III . MALONE . The meaning is , ' what you seem anxious to utter , and yet with- hold . ' M. MASON . The allusion ...
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... Hamlet : 66 a station like the herald Mercury , " New lighted on a heaven kissing - hill . " MALONE . The old copy has - defended . The correction was made by the He hath a kind of honour sets him off , SC . VII . 57 CYMBELINE .
... Hamlet : 66 a station like the herald Mercury , " New lighted on a heaven kissing - hill . " MALONE . The old copy has - defended . The correction was made by the He hath a kind of honour sets him off , SC . VII . 57 CYMBELINE .
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ALCIB Alcibiades Antony and Cleopatra APEM Apemantus ARVIRAGUS Athens Belarius believe BOSWELL Cæsar called Cloten Cymbeline death dost doth edition editors emendation Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false fear FLAV fool fortune gentleman give gods gold GUIDERIUS Hamlet hast hath heart heaven honest honour Iachimo Imogen jewel JOHNSON Julius Cæsar King Henry King Lear LACH lady Leonatus look lord Lucius Lucullus Macbeth MALONE MASON master means metre mistress nature noble old copy old reading passage Perhaps Pisanio play poet POST Posthumus pr'ythee pray Queen Rape of Lucrece RITSON Roman says SCENE second folio sense SERV servant Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech stand STEEVENS suppose thee Theobald thief thine thing thou art thought Timon Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida true TYRWHITT villain WARBURTON word
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Page 163 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
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Page 89 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 331 - 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...