Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 58
Page 6
And therefore banish'd ) is a creature such As , to seek through the regions of the earth For one his like , there would be something failing In him that should compare , I do not think , So fair an outward , and such stuff within ...
And therefore banish'd ) is a creature such As , to seek through the regions of the earth For one his like , there would be something failing In him that should compare , I do not think , So fair an outward , and such stuff within ...
Page 14
She has a fair outside , a specious appearance , but no wit . But to understand the whole force of Shakspeare's idea , it should be remembered , that anciently almost every sign had a motto , or some attempt at a witticism , underneath ...
She has a fair outside , a specious appearance , but no wit . But to understand the whole force of Shakspeare's idea , it should be remembered , that anciently almost every sign had a motto , or some attempt at a witticism , underneath ...
Page 19
It was much like an argument that fell out last night , where each of us fell in praise of our country mistresses : This gentleman at that time vouching , ( and upon warrant of bloody affirmation , ) his to be more fair , virtuous ...
It was much like an argument that fell out last night , where each of us fell in praise of our country mistresses : This gentleman at that time vouching , ( and upon warrant of bloody affirmation , ) his to be more fair , virtuous ...
Page 20
This worthy signior , I thank him , makes no stranger of me ; we are familiar at first . Iach . With five times so much conversation , I should get ground of your fair mistress : make her 2 to convince- ] Convince for overcome .
This worthy signior , I thank him , makes no stranger of me ; we are familiar at first . Iach . With five times so much conversation , I should get ground of your fair mistress : make her 2 to convince- ] Convince for overcome .
Page 25
9 Think what a chance thou changest on ; ] i . e . think with what a fair prospect of mending your fortunes you now change your present service . 3 What both you spur and stop . ] What CYMBELINE . 25.
9 Think what a chance thou changest on ; ] i . e . think with what a fair prospect of mending your fortunes you now change your present service . 3 What both you spur and stop . ] What CYMBELINE . 25.
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Common terms and phrases
Andronicus arms Attendants bear better blood bring brother child comes Corn court daughter dead dear death doth Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fear follow Fool fortune Gent give Gloster gods gone grace hand hast hath head hear heart heaven hold honour I'll Iach Italy keep Kent kind king lady Lavinia Lear leave live look lord Lucius madam Marcus master means mind mistress mother nature never night noble peace Pericles play poor Post pray present prince queen reason rest Roman Rome SCENE Shakspeare sons speak stand sweet tears tell thank thee thine thing thou thou art thought Titus true villain
Popular passages
Page 410 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 358 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,— often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 440 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 400 - O, reason not the need : our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous: Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is cheap as beast's: thou art a lady; If only to go warm were gorgeous, Why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm. — But, for true need, — You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need ! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age ; wretched in both ! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Page 405 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters : I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness, I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription;° why then let fall Your horrible pleasure ; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man...
Page 95 - 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 372 - Hear, nature, hear ; dear goddess, hear ! — Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase ; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her ! If she must teem...
Page 401 - No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 357 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects...
Page 444 - Ay, every inch a king : When I do stare, see how the subject quakes. I pardon that man's life. — What was thy cause? — Adultery? — Thou shalt not die : die for adultery ! No : The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive ; for Gloster's bastard son Was kinder to his father than my daughters Got 'tween the lawful sheets. To't, luxury, pell-mell, for I lack soldiers. — Behold yond...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear Volume 8 of The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., with a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes from the Most Eminent Commentators, a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Illustrated by | Henry Fuseli |
| Publisher | J. Nichols, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |