The Works of William Shakespeare ...J.D. Morris and Company, 1901 |
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Page 14
... mind such an impression of him as must needs make any com- mentary seem prosaic and dull . There is no mistaking him : no character in Shakespeare stands more apart in plenitude of peculiarity ; and stupidity itself can hardly so ...
... mind such an impression of him as must needs make any com- mentary seem prosaic and dull . There is no mistaking him : no character in Shakespeare stands more apart in plenitude of peculiarity ; and stupidity itself can hardly so ...
Page 15
... mind : he has not the control of his thinking ; the issues of his brain being so conceived in fire as to preclude steadiness of attention and the pauses of thought : that which strikes his mind last must pop out first ; and , in a word ...
... mind : he has not the control of his thinking ; the issues of his brain being so conceived in fire as to preclude steadiness of attention and the pauses of thought : that which strikes his mind last must pop out first ; and , in a word ...
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... mind's eye ; and in him , not to speak it profanely , " we behold the fulness of the spirit of wit and humour bodily . " We are as well acquainted with his person as his mind , and his jokes come upon us with double force and relish ...
... mind's eye ; and in him , not to speak it profanely , " we behold the fulness of the spirit of wit and humour bodily . " We are as well acquainted with his person as his mind , and his jokes come upon us with double force and relish ...
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... mind , from which he receives rents and revenues of profit and pleasure in kind , according to its extent and the richness of the soil . He is represented as a liar , a braggart , a coward , a glutton , etc. , and yet we are not ...
... mind , from which he receives rents and revenues of profit and pleasure in kind , according to its extent and the richness of the soil . He is represented as a liar , a braggart , a coward , a glutton , etc. , and yet we are not ...
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... minds me of the Ares of the Iliad - a coarse exponent of the mere animal propensity to pugnacity , delighting in the circumstances of homicide , but when pierced by the spear of Diomed , hastily flying from the conflict and bellowing ...
... minds me of the Ares of the Iliad - a coarse exponent of the mere animal propensity to pugnacity , delighting in the circumstances of homicide , but when pierced by the spear of Diomed , hastily flying from the conflict and bellowing ...
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Page 39 - I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun ; Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.
Page 71 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 39 - I'll so offend, to make offence a skill; Redeeming time when men think least I will [Exit.
Page 83 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 44 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife. Canst thou deny it ? Did not goodwife Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly?
Page 73 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased ; The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasure'd. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 170 - 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 107 - Glittering in golden coats, like images ; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer? Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Page 72 - Too wide for Neptune's hips ; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors ! O, if this were seen, The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.
Page 114 - Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.