The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Volumes 1-3W. Pickering, 1826 - Dramatists, English |
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Page ii
... Arts in 1587. Marlowe , on leaving the University , came to London , and , like many of the MS . Notes to the collection of Marlowe's Plays in the Bodleian Library . scholars of his age , became , according to Phillips ii THE LIFE OF.
... Arts in 1587. Marlowe , on leaving the University , came to London , and , like many of the MS . Notes to the collection of Marlowe's Plays in the Bodleian Library . scholars of his age , became , according to Phillips ii THE LIFE OF.
Page iii
Christopher Marlowe George Robinson. scholars of his age , became , according to Phillips and Warton , at once an actor and a writer for the stage . Malone , however , is of opinion , that there is no sufficient authority for the ...
Christopher Marlowe George Robinson. scholars of his age , became , according to Phillips and Warton , at once an actor and a writer for the stage . Malone , however , is of opinion , that there is no sufficient authority for the ...
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... Philip the Second , king of Spain , " which clearly shew that the early part of the play refers to the reign and death of Philip the Second , who did not die until the 13th Sept. 1598 , long after Marlowe's decease . This king left a ...
... Philip the Second , king of Spain , " which clearly shew that the early part of the play refers to the reign and death of Philip the Second , who did not die until the 13th Sept. 1598 , long after Marlowe's decease . This king left a ...
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... Philip the Third , is also referred to at the conclusion of the play . We were not aware of the existence of this tract until after Lust's Dominion was printed which will account for our making no mention of it in the note preceding the ...
... Philip the Third , is also referred to at the conclusion of the play . We were not aware of the existence of this tract until after Lust's Dominion was printed which will account for our making no mention of it in the note preceding the ...
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... Philip , king of Spain , Ere I shall want , will cause his Indians To rip the golden bowels of America . Navarre , that cloaks them underneath his wings , Shall feel the house of Lorraine is his foe . Your highness need not fear mine ...
... Philip , king of Spain , Ere I shall want , will cause his Indians To rip the golden bowels of America . Navarre , that cloaks them underneath his wings , Shall feel the house of Lorraine is his foe . Your highness need not fear mine ...
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ABIG Abigail Æneas ANIPPE arms Ascanius Bajazet BALT Barabas blood cardinal Carthage CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE crown curse death devil DIDO doth duke of Guise earth ELEAZ Eleazar Eneas Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell father Faustus fear fire friar friends Gaveston gold grace GUISE hand hast hate hath head heart heaven hell here's Hero HERO AND LEANDER honour HORTEN Hortenzo Iarbas ITHA Ithamore Jew of Malta Jove KENT king king of Fez Leander leave live look lord madam majesty Malta Marlowe MEPH Mephostophilis mighty Moor Mortimer mother never night PHIL Philip PILIA poison'd prince QUEEN SCENE Scythian slave soldiers soul speak stay sweet sword TAMB Tamburlaine Techelles tell thee THER Theridamas thine thou art thou shalt thyself traitor Turk unto villain wilt Zarack Zenocrate
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Page 422 - 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 197 - 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 111 - LIGHT. To murder you, my most gracious lord! Far is it from my heart to do you harm. The queen sent me to see how you were used, For she relents at this your misery: And what eyes can refrain from shedding tears, To see a king in this most piteous state? K. EDW. Weep'st thou already? List awhile to me And then thy heart, were it as Gurney's is, Or as Matrevis...
Page 141 - Lo, Mephistophilis, for love of thee, I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood Assure my soul to be great Lucifer's, Chief lord and regent of perpetual night!
Page 126 - Such is the subject of the Institute, And universal body of the law. This study fits a mercenary drudge, Who aims at nothing but external trash; Too servile and illiberal for me. When all is done, divinity is best: Jerome's Bible, Faustus; view it well. (Reads.) "Stipendium peccati mors est." Ha! "Stipendium," etc. The reward of sin is death: that's hard.
Page 112 - And there, in mire and puddle, have I stood This ten days' space; and, lest that I should sleep, One plays continually upon a drum; They give me bread and water, being a king; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distemper'd, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no I know not.
Page 40 - And ride in triumph through Persepolis!" Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles? Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, "And ride in triumph through Persepolis?
Page 201 - Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ, Yet will I call on him: O spare me, Lucifer!
Page 92 - Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown ; So shall my eyes receive their last content, My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly both yield up their wished right. Continue ever them celestial sun ; Let never silent night possess this clime : Stand still you watches...
Page 44 - 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.