The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 13R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... read ,. What kind of man he is . 2 GENT . Even out of your report . I honour him But , ' pray you , tell me , Is she sole ... old , I ' the swathing clothes the other , from their nursery Were stolen ; and to this hour , no guess in know ...
... read ,. What kind of man he is . 2 GENT . Even out of your report . I honour him But , ' pray you , tell me , Is she sole ... old , I ' the swathing clothes the other , from their nursery Were stolen ; and to this hour , no guess in know ...
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... [ Old copy - his eye , & c . ] But how could Posthumus make himself distinguished by his ear to Pisanio ? By his tongue he might to the other's ear , and this was certainly Shakspeare's intention . We must therefore read ... reading was , that ...
... [ Old copy - his eye , & c . ] But how could Posthumus make himself distinguished by his ear to Pisanio ? By his tongue he might to the other's ear , and this was certainly Shakspeare's intention . We must therefore read ... reading was , that ...
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... old reading may be sufficiently supported by the fol- lowing passage in the 18th Sonnet of our author : 66 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May . " Again , in The Taming of the Shrew : " Confounds thy fame , as whirlwinds shake ...
... old reading may be sufficiently supported by the fol- lowing passage in the 18th Sonnet of our author : 66 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May . " Again , in The Taming of the Shrew : " Confounds thy fame , as whirlwinds shake ...
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... old copy reads- " I could not believe she excell'd many ; but it is on all hands allowed that the rea- soning of ... read , " I could but believe , " & c . Mr. Malone , whom I have followed , exhibits the passage as it appears in the ...
... old copy reads- " I could not believe she excell'd many ; but it is on all hands allowed that the rea- soning of ... read , " I could but believe , " & c . Mr. Malone , whom I have followed , exhibits the passage as it appears in the ...
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... reading of the old copy , which by succeeding editors has been altered into- And- " Think what a chance thou chancest on- ; " " Think what a change thou chancest on- ; " but unnecessarily . The meaning is : " Think with what a fair ...
... reading of the old copy , which by succeeding editors has been altered into- And- " Think what a chance thou chancest on- ; " " Think what a change thou chancest on- ; " but unnecessarily . The meaning is : " Think with what a fair ...
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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...
Page 109 - What should we speak of When we are old as you ? when we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how, In this our pinching cave, shall we discourse The freezing hours away ? We have seen nothing...
Page 403 - I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Page 241 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Page 165 - Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm : But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
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...