The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volume 2 |
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... Othello . Yet Milton writes glutted offal for swallowed , and therefore perhaps the present text may stand . Johnson . Thus , in Sir A. Gorges's translation of Lucan , B. VI : 66 oylie fragments scarcely burn'd , " Together she doth ...
... Othello . Yet Milton writes glutted offal for swallowed , and therefore perhaps the present text may stand . Johnson . Thus , in Sir A. Gorges's translation of Lucan , B. VI : 66 oylie fragments scarcely burn'd , " Together she doth ...
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... Othello , leaves my interpretation of this passage somewhat disputable . ઃઃ Mr. M. Mason observes , that to trash for overtopping , may mean to lop them , because they did overtop , or in order to pre- C Or else new form'd them ...
... Othello , leaves my interpretation of this passage somewhat disputable . ઃઃ Mr. M. Mason observes , that to trash for overtopping , may mean to lop them , because they did overtop , or in order to pre- C Or else new form'd them ...
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... Othello , Act II . sc . i : " If this poor trash of Venice , whom I trash " For his quick hunting . " It was not till after I made this remark , that I saw Mr. Warton's note on the above lines in Othello , which corroborates it . Douce ...
... Othello , Act II . sc . i : " If this poor trash of Venice , whom I trash " For his quick hunting . " It was not till after I made this remark , that I saw Mr. Warton's note on the above lines in Othello , which corroborates it . Douce ...
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... Othello , " Chaos is come again . " Steevens . 8 Now I arise : ] Why does Prospero arise ? Or , if he does it to ease himself by change of posture , why need he interrupt his narrative to tell his daughter of it ? Perhaps these words ...
... Othello , " Chaos is come again . " Steevens . 8 Now I arise : ] Why does Prospero arise ? Or , if he does it to ease himself by change of posture , why need he interrupt his narrative to tell his daughter of it ? Perhaps these words ...
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... Othello : 66 that sweet sleep " Which thou ow'dst yesterday . " Again , in the Tempest : 66 thou dost here usurp " The name thou ow'st not . " To use the word in this sense , is not peculiar to Shakspeare . I meet with it in Beaumont ...
... Othello : 66 that sweet sleep " Which thou ow'dst yesterday . " Again , in the Tempest : 66 thou dost here usurp " The name thou ow'st not . " To use the word in this sense , is not peculiar to Shakspeare . I meet with it in Beaumont ...
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Page 120 - Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war...
Page 77 - I have broke your hest to say so ! Fer. Admir'd Miranda! Indeed, the top of admiration ; worth What's dearest to the world ! Full many a lady I have ey'd with best regard ; and many a time The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues Have I lik'd several women ; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, And put it to the foil: But you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every...
Page 282 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 129 - O, wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O, brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Page 38 - em. Cal. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me, and mad'st much of me ; wouldst give me Water with berries in't ; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o...
Page 322 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart, Two of the first, like coats...
Page 293 - Philomel with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby. Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So good night, with lullaby.
Page 185 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean...
Page 376 - And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolic.
Page 167 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear. The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.