The Tragedy of King Richard IIClarendon Press, 1884 - 158 pages |
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Page iii
... Pope and other Catholic princes were constantly exhorting the subjects of Elizabeth to depose her . The fourth quarto , printed from the third , appeared in 1615. The play , as given in the first folio [ 1623 ] , was no doubt printed ...
... Pope and other Catholic princes were constantly exhorting the subjects of Elizabeth to depose her . The fourth quarto , printed from the third , appeared in 1615. The play , as given in the first folio [ 1623 ] , was no doubt printed ...
Page 85
... Pope read May many years ... ' 23. envying , with the accent on the second syllable . Compare Taming of the Shrew , ii . 1.18 : 6 6 Is it for him you do envy me so . ' Spenser uses envy ' with the accent on the last syllable . 26. the ...
... Pope read May many years ... ' 23. envying , with the accent on the second syllable . Compare Taming of the Shrew , ii . 1.18 : 6 6 Is it for him you do envy me so . ' Spenser uses envy ' with the accent on the last syllable . 26. the ...
Page 89
... Pope altered this to ' their spots ; ' but Mowbray is quoting the text , Jeremiah xiii . 23 . 177. mortal times , the lifetime of men . 186. throw up . So the quartos : the folios have throw down . The former , meaning ' relinquish ...
... Pope altered this to ' their spots ; ' but Mowbray is quoting the text , Jeremiah xiii . 23 . 177. mortal times , the lifetime of men . 186. throw up . So the quartos : the folios have throw down . The former , meaning ' relinquish ...
Page 90
... Pope read it sees , ' Steevens be sees . ' Doubtless Shakespeare wrote they see , ' as he uses ' heaven ' elsewhere as a plural . See iii . 3. 17 , 19 , and Hamlet , iii . 4. 173 : But heaven hath pleased it so That I must be their ...
... Pope read it sees , ' Steevens be sees . ' Doubtless Shakespeare wrote they see , ' as he uses ' heaven ' elsewhere as a plural . See iii . 3. 17 , 19 , and Hamlet , iii . 4. 173 : But heaven hath pleased it so That I must be their ...
Page 94
... Pope reads awkwardly redoubled on . ' We have the same reduplication in Macbeth , i . 2. 38 : ' Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe . ' 81. amazing , bewildering , confounding . See v . 2. 85 , and Hamlet , ii . 2.591 : ' Confound the ...
... Pope reads awkwardly redoubled on . ' We have the same reduplication in Macbeth , i . 2. 38 : ' Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe . ' 81. amazing , bewildering , confounding . See v . 2. 85 , and Hamlet , ii . 2.591 : ' Confound the ...
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According to Holinshed arms Aumerle Bagot banish'd banishment Bishop of Carlisle blood Boling Bolingbroke Bushy Carlisle castle cloth Compare 2 Henry Cotgrave cousin Crown 8vo death Demy 8vo deposed doth Duchess Duke of Aumarle Duke of Hereford Duke of Norfolk Earl England English Enter Exeunt Exton farewell fear Fitzwater folios read fourth quartos French Gloucester grace grief Hamlet hand hath haue heart heaven Henry IV Henry VI Holinshed honour Introduction and Notes John of Gaunt Julius Cæsar King John King Richard Kyng Lancaster land liege lord M.A. Extra fcap M.A. Second Edition Macbeth majesty Marshal means Merchant of Venice noble Northumberland omitted Oxford pardon passage Percy play Queen realme Rich Richard III Ross royal Salisbury sayd scene sense Shakespeare sorrow soul speak thee Third Edition thou tongue traitor treason uncle verb W. W. Skeat Westminster Windsor word
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Page 18 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 22 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 21 - This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself .Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Page 22 - That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 45 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?
Page 129 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 128 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 98 - O, that estates, degrees and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! How many then should cover that stand bare! How many be commanded that command ! How much low peasantry would then be...
Page 94 - That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have/ He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Page 109 - Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...