The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant: With Prefatory Memoir and Notes, Volume 5W. Paterson, 1874 |
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... thought . Tho ' he was much cried up in his time , yet he was so stupid as not to know why . " Downes in 1708 says : “ Sir William D'Avenant , 40 years ago , judged Underhill the truest comedian in his company . " - Underhill performed ...
... thought . Tho ' he was much cried up in his time , yet he was so stupid as not to know why . " Downes in 1708 says : “ Sir William D'Avenant , 40 years ago , judged Underhill the truest comedian in his company . " - Underhill performed ...
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... lack . 11 . He never durst , nor ever thought it fit , To censure those who judges are of wit . Now you expect the rhyme will end in pit . THE PERSONS REPRESENTED . DON FERDINAND , Father to Isabella 00 THE MAN'S THE MASTER .
... lack . 11 . He never durst , nor ever thought it fit , To censure those who judges are of wit . Now you expect the rhyme will end in pit . THE PERSONS REPRESENTED . DON FERDINAND , Father to Isabella 00 THE MAN'S THE MASTER .
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... thoughts above two words to express them . SAN . Laura ! LAU . Are not you my brother Sancho ? SAN . I am . LAU . Have you contriv'd a way to conceal my lady in your master's house ? SAN . Yes . LAU . Can you admit her now ? SAN . No ...
... thoughts above two words to express them . SAN . Laura ! LAU . Are not you my brother Sancho ? SAN . I am . LAU . Have you contriv'd a way to conceal my lady in your master's house ? SAN . Yes . LAU . Can you admit her now ? SAN . No ...
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... thought this fellow's tongue had been wound up like a clock to regular stops , but * Altered in edition of 1775 to " No ; the scoundrels feed well . " now it struck above twelve words . Sir , I 34 THE MAN'S THE MASTER .
... thought this fellow's tongue had been wound up like a clock to regular stops , but * Altered in edition of 1775 to " No ; the scoundrels feed well . " now it struck above twelve words . Sir , I 34 THE MAN'S THE MASTER .
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... thoughts into verse , which were very pithy . SANCH . And short ? ? D. JOHN . She wrote according to her own size , for she was a very short woman . SANCH . Pronounce ! D. JOHN . A ruddy sanguine man Grows quickly pale and wan , And is ...
... thoughts into verse , which were very pithy . SANCH . And short ? ? D. JOHN . She wrote according to her own size , for she was a very short woman . SANCH . Pronounce ! D. JOHN . A ruddy sanguine man Grows quickly pale and wan , And is ...
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Angelo ARCON ARIEL BALT Balthazar Banquo BEAT Benedick Bettris blood brother Caliban Celania CLAUD Claudio cousin CUNO Cunopes D'avenant dance death devil Don Ferdinand Don John Don Lewis Dorinda DUKE Enter ESCH Eschalus Exeunt Exit eyes father fear FERD FOOL give haste hear heart Heaven HERA Heraclia Hippolito hither honour ISAB Isabella Jodelet Julius Cæsar King lady LEUC look lord lovers Lucilla Lucio MACB Macbeth MACD Macduff Madam maid MALC master methinks mistress never night noble Noble Kinsmen pardon PHIL Philander pity play POLYN POLYNICES pow'r pray pris'ners PROS Prospero PROV Provost SANCH SCENE servant SEYT SEYTON Shakespeare shew Signior sing sister sleep speak spirits stay STEPH STEPHANO strange sword Sycorax tell Tempest Thane thee THEO Theocles There's thou art TRIN Trincalo whilst wife William D'avenant WITCH wou'd
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Page 361 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Page 336 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.
Page 336 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.
Page 118 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Page 333 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 334 - When Duncan is asleep — Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey Soundly invite him — his two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only...
Page 458 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Page 334 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 215 - Kinsmen," more particularly in so far as relates to Shakespeare, has frequently been discussed, but without any very satisfactory result. Professor Spalding in 1832 published " a letter on Shakespeare's authorship of the 'Two Noble Kinsmen': a drama commonly ascribed to John Fletcher
Page 132 - Could have attain'd the effect of your own purpose, Whether you had not sometime in your life Err'd in this point which now you censure him, And pull'd the law upon you. Ang. 'Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another thing to fall. I not deny The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try.