The Works of Christopher Marlowe: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes, by the Rev. Alexander DyceRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1865 - 407 pages |
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... head as if they had been conning of Tamburlaine ” ( see Middleton's Works , v . 526 , ed . Dyce ) ; and it means , I have no doubt , that the spiders stalked with the tragic gait of an actor practising the part of Tamburlaine : compare ...
... head as if they had been conning of Tamburlaine ” ( see Middleton's Works , v . 526 , ed . Dyce ) ; and it means , I have no doubt , that the spiders stalked with the tragic gait of an actor practising the part of Tamburlaine : compare ...
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... head , " & c . " sitting in a chariote very richly furnished , drawen in by iiii kings in their dublets and hosen , with crownes also vpon theyr heads , representing vnto vs ambition by the historie of Sesostres , " & c . In defence of ...
... head , " & c . " sitting in a chariote very richly furnished , drawen in by iiii kings in their dublets and hosen , with crownes also vpon theyr heads , representing vnto vs ambition by the historie of Sesostres , " & c . In defence of ...
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... head , in such sort that , notwithstanding all the meanes of surgerie that could bee wrought , hee shortly after died thereof ; the manner of his death being so terrible ( for hee euen cursed and blasphemed to his last gaspe , and ...
... head , in such sort that , notwithstanding all the meanes of surgerie that could bee wrought , hee shortly after died thereof ; the manner of his death being so terrible ( for hee euen cursed and blasphemed to his last gaspe , and ...
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... head , What emanations of the beauteous mind Had deck'd thy works , the marvel of mankind ; Snatch'd from low - thoughted Care thy stooping soul , And plac'd thee radiant on Fame's deathless roll ; Where still anneal'd , thy own ...
... head , What emanations of the beauteous mind Had deck'd thy works , the marvel of mankind ; Snatch'd from low - thoughted Care thy stooping soul , And plac'd thee radiant on Fame's deathless roll ; Where still anneal'd , thy own ...
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... head , " Polidor entreats him to change his apparel before going to church , and offers him the use of his own wardrobe : upon which , Ferando replies , " Tush , Polidor , I haue as many sutes Fantasticke made to fit my humor so , As ...
... head , " Polidor entreats him to change his apparel before going to church , and offers him the use of his own wardrobe : upon which , Ferando replies , " Tush , Polidor , I haue as many sutes Fantasticke made to fit my humor so , As ...
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Page 134 - Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of Heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul!
Page 20 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 381 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
Page 35 - If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest...
Page 111 - Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss ? O, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, Which strike a terror to my fainting soul ! Faust.
Page 146 - Receive them free, and sell them by the weight; Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, amethysts, Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds, Beauteous rubies, sparkling diamonds, And seld-seen costly stones of so great price, As one of them indifferently rated, And of a carat of this quantity, May serve, in peril of calamity, To ransom great kings from captivity.
Page 99 - Her lips suck forth my soul ; see where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Page 110 - I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm the world.
Page 101 - ... spheres of Heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul ! O lente, lente, currite noctis equi! The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The Devil will come, and Faustus must be damned.
Page 193 - I have not seen a dapper Jack so brisk; He wears a short Italian hooded cloak, Larded with pearl, and, in his Tuscan cap, A jewel of more value than the crown.