The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, Volume 9 |
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There is an authority for ascribing this play to Shakspeare , which I think a very
strong one , though not made use of , as I remember , by any of his commentators
. It is given to him , among other plays , which are undoubtedly his , in a little book
...
There is an authority for ascribing this play to Shakspeare , which I think a very
strong one , though not made use of , as I remember , by any of his commentators
. It is given to him , among other plays , which are undoubtedly his , in a little book
...
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been exhibited ' five - and - twenty or thirty years : ' which , if we take the lowest
number , throws it back to the year 1589 , at which time Shakspeare was but 25 :
an earlier date than can be found for any other of his pieces , and if it does not ...
been exhibited ' five - and - twenty or thirty years : ' which , if we take the lowest
number , throws it back to the year 1589 , at which time Shakspeare was but 25 :
an earlier date than can be found for any other of his pieces , and if it does not ...
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company of comedians who exhibited the old drama , entitled The Contention of
the Houses of Yorke and Lancaster , The old Taming of a Shrew , and Marlowe ' s
King Edward II . by whom not one of Shakspeare ' s plays is said to have been ...
company of comedians who exhibited the old drama , entitled The Contention of
the Houses of Yorke and Lancaster , The old Taming of a Shrew , and Marlowe ' s
King Edward II . by whom not one of Shakspeare ' s plays is said to have been ...
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it is ascribed to Shakspeare , is by no means equal to the argument against its
authenticity , arising from the total difference of conduct , language , and
sentiments , by which it stands apart from all the rest . Meres had probably no
other ...
it is ascribed to Shakspeare , is by no means equal to the argument against its
authenticity , arising from the total difference of conduct , language , and
sentiments , by which it stands apart from all the rest . Meres had probably no
other ...
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The story of this tragedy had found its way into many ballads and other metrical
pieces ; yet Shakspeare seems to have been more indebted to The True
Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters , Gonorill , Kagan , and
Cor . della ...
The story of this tragedy had found its way into many ballads and other metrical
pieces ; yet Shakspeare seems to have been more indebted to The True
Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters , Gonorill , Kagan , and
Cor . della ...
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Page 408 - 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?
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Page 355 - 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 : love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide: in cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond cracked between son and father.
Page 398 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their -father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely ; touch me with noble anger ! O, let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! — 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 356 - 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: as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : an admirable evasion of whore-master man, to...
Page 457 - Come, let's away to prison : We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage : When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses, and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies : and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones,...
Page 65 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 438 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway 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 yond...
Page 138 - midst the chase, on every plain, The tender thought on thee shall dwell; Each lonely scene shall thee restore; For thee the tear be duly shed; Beloved till life can charm no more, And mourned till pity's self be dead.
Page 410 - Is man no more than this ? Consider him well : Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume : — Ha ! here's three of us are sophisticated ! — Thou art the thing itself : unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. — Off, off, you lendings : — Come ; unbutton here.
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a ..., Volume 9 The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens: With a Series of Engravings, from Original Designs of Henry Fuseli, and a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, a Life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Henry Fuseli |
| Publisher | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
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