The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols]. |
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... thing to do with it . Mr. Capell is equally mistaken when he says ( Pref . p . 15. ) that Rowley is called his partner in the title - page of The Merry Devil of Edmonton . There must have been fome tradition , however erroneous , upon ...
... thing to do with it . Mr. Capell is equally mistaken when he says ( Pref . p . 15. ) that Rowley is called his partner in the title - page of The Merry Devil of Edmonton . There must have been fome tradition , however erroneous , upon ...
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... thing after dinner . " In that age of newly excited curiofity , one of the enter- tainments at great tables feems to have been the difcourfe of a traveller . JOHNSON . 2 It has been already remarked , that to pick the tooth , and wear a ...
... thing after dinner . " In that age of newly excited curiofity , one of the enter- tainments at great tables feems to have been the difcourfe of a traveller . JOHNSON . 2 It has been already remarked , that to pick the tooth , and wear a ...
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... fonne fhould come to a lawfull age to govern of himselfe . So hard a thing it is , to bring women to agree in one minde , their natures commonly being fo contrary . " MALONE . Conft . My bed was ever to thy fon as 24 KING JOHN .
... fonne fhould come to a lawfull age to govern of himselfe . So hard a thing it is , to bring women to agree in one minde , their natures commonly being fo contrary . " MALONE . Conft . My bed was ever to thy fon as 24 KING JOHN .
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... thing he sees , which moves his liking , 4 In old editions ; " For Angiers : 97 I can What was the city befieged , but Angiers King John agrees to give up all he held in France , except the city of Angiers , which he now be- fieged and ...
... thing he sees , which moves his liking , 4 In old editions ; " For Angiers : 97 I can What was the city befieged , but Angiers King John agrees to give up all he held in France , except the city of Angiers , which he now be- fieged and ...
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... thing to lofe But the word maid , -cheats the poor maid of that ; That smooth - faced gentleman , tickling commodity , - Commodity , 8 Paffionate , in this inftance , does not fignify difpofed to anger , but a prey to mournful ...
... thing to lofe But the word maid , -cheats the poor maid of that ; That smooth - faced gentleman , tickling commodity , - Commodity , 8 Paffionate , in this inftance , does not fignify difpofed to anger , but a prey to mournful ...
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Page 438 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 361 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.
Page 116 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 627 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 361 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 547 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion ; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience : for so work the...
Page 253 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Page 439 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?