The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1Charles Whittingham, 1826 |
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... of her own . We may imagine * From Robert Greene's posthumous work , written in 1592 , and Chettle's Kind Hart's Dream , published very soon after- wards . him , then , departing from his home , not WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 15.
... of her own . We may imagine * From Robert Greene's posthumous work , written in 1592 , and Chettle's Kind Hart's Dream , published very soon after- wards . him , then , departing from his home , not WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 15.
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... Kind Hart's Dream . " In the former of these works , which was published by Chettle subsequently to the un- happy author's decease , the writer , addressing his fellow dramatists , Marlowe , Peele , and Lodge , says , " Yes ! trust them ...
... Kind Hart's Dream . " In the former of these works , which was published by Chettle subsequently to the un- happy author's decease , the writer , addressing his fellow dramatists , Marlowe , Peele , and Lodge , says , " Yes ! trust them ...
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... kind assistance given by the former to the latter , when he was offering one of his plays ( Every Man in his Humour ) for the benefit of representation . The manuscript , as it is said , was on the point of being rejected and returned ...
... kind assistance given by the former to the latter , when he was offering one of his plays ( Every Man in his Humour ) for the benefit of representation . The manuscript , as it is said , was on the point of being rejected and returned ...
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... kind of cen- tral Africa , which our reason assures us to be glowing with fertility and alive with population ; but which is abandoned in our maps , from the ignorance of our geo- graphers , to the death of barrenness , and the silence ...
... kind of cen- tral Africa , which our reason assures us to be glowing with fertility and alive with population ; but which is abandoned in our maps , from the ignorance of our geo- graphers , to the death of barrenness , and the silence ...
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... find ,. How much his worth transcended all his kind With a privilege , rarely indulged even to the sons of Epitaph on a Fair Maiden Lady , by Dryden . genius , he had produced his admirable works without any 28 THE LIFE OF.
... find ,. How much his worth transcended all his kind With a privilege , rarely indulged even to the sons of Epitaph on a Fair Maiden Lady , by Dryden . genius , he had produced his admirable works without any 28 THE LIFE OF.
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Page 47 - Were I in England now, (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm, o
Page 291 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 82 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 294 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pin'd in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat, like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 325 - O, mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear ; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low : Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in lovers' meeting, Every wise man's son doth know.
Page 157 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she, The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired' be. Is she kind as she is fair ? For beauty lives with kindness : Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal thing, Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring.
Page 102 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 82 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 62 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again...
Page 19 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.