The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII, with Various Readings from All the Editions and All the Commentators, Notes, Introductory Remarks, a Historical Sketch of the Text, an Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Drama, a Memoir of the Poet, and an Essay Upon the Genius, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1871 |
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Page xi
... mean merely the text of the edition which they have been accustomed to use , the peculiar oldness of which may not reach to half a century , or the care in its printing equal that taken in the office of a country newspaper . I have seen ...
... mean merely the text of the edition which they have been accustomed to use , the peculiar oldness of which may not reach to half a century , or the care in its printing equal that taken in the office of a country newspaper . I have seen ...
Page xxv
... means at command has been used for the restoration of corruptions attributable to the other causes above named . I have endeavored to guide myself by fixed but not inflexible principles ; to weigh letters will confess that their own ...
... means at command has been used for the restoration of corruptions attributable to the other causes above named . I have endeavored to guide myself by fixed but not inflexible principles ; to weigh letters will confess that their own ...
Page xxvii
... mean , who aspires to that title ) republishes a book from an old edition , when the text might be improved from subsequent ... means are afforded for the critical study of the text to all readers whose purpose does not impel them to the ...
... mean , who aspires to that title ) republishes a book from an old edition , when the text might be improved from subsequent ... means are afforded for the critical study of the text to all readers whose purpose does not impel them to the ...
Page xxx
... means , wilt thou attempt an impossibility ? and that another should explain " broad - fronted Cæsar , " and explain it , too , as having reference " to Cæsar's bald- ness " ! and tell us that when Helena says Parolles is " solely a ...
... means , wilt thou attempt an impossibility ? and that another should explain " broad - fronted Cæsar , " and explain it , too , as having reference " to Cæsar's bald- ness " ! and tell us that when Helena says Parolles is " solely a ...
Page xxxi
... says that the very law which moulds a tear and causes it to fall , is the same which preserves the earth a sphere and guides the planets , he means " the law of gravitation " ! My text has , I believe , been punctuated with PREFACE . xxxi.
... says that the very law which moulds a tear and causes it to fall , is the same which preserves the earth a sphere and guides the planets , he means " the law of gravitation " ! My text has , I believe , been punctuated with PREFACE . xxxi.
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Page 186 - And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority...
Page 180 - O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest...
Page ccii - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 169 - O! then vouchsafe me but this loving thought: 'Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, A dearer birth than this his love had brought, To march in ranks of better equipage: But since he died and poets better prove, Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love'.
Page 217 - Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had, having...
Page 162 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? Thou art more lovely and more temperate : Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page xciii - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 218 - Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound...
Page lxii - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!
Page ccxxii - But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.