The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes, Volume 6H. Woodfall, 1767 |
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... qualities.This was fo wretched and monftrous an opi- nion , that it well deferved and was well fitted for the lafh of fatire . Mr. Warburton . thieves , thieves , and treacherous , by fpherical predominance ; drunkards 18 King LEAR .
... qualities.This was fo wretched and monftrous an opi- nion , that it well deferved and was well fitted for the lafh of fatire . Mr. Warburton . thieves , thieves , and treacherous , by fpherical predominance ; drunkards 18 King LEAR .
Page 63
... fatire levell'd at a modern fact , which made no little noife at that period of time : and confequently , muft have been a rapturous entertainment to the fpectators , when it was first prefented . The fecret is this : While the ...
... fatire levell'd at a modern fact , which made no little noife at that period of time : and confequently , muft have been a rapturous entertainment to the fpectators , when it was first prefented . The fecret is this : While the ...
Page 64
... fatire , and that excentrick madness he has built upon it , made me imagine , the ftating a fact , fo little known , might apolo- gize for the length of this note on the occafion , Το To fuch a lownefs , but his unkind daughters . 64 ...
... fatire , and that excentrick madness he has built upon it , made me imagine , the ftating a fact , fo little known , might apolo- gize for the length of this note on the occafion , Το To fuch a lownefs , but his unkind daughters . 64 ...
Page 95
... fatire , dreft up in a figure and method of imagining from abfent circumftances , has greatly the air of imitation from the ancients . It is that fort of figure , by which ( as Minturnus has ob- ferv'd in his elaborate treatise De Poeta ) ...
... fatire , dreft up in a figure and method of imagining from abfent circumftances , has greatly the air of imitation from the ancients . It is that fort of figure , by which ( as Minturnus has ob- ferv'd in his elaborate treatise De Poeta ) ...
Page 154
... fatire . Phyficians thriv'd is no more than phyficians grown rich : Only the adjective paffive of this verb , indeed , is not fo common in ufe ; and yet it is a familiar expreffion , to this day , to say , fuch a one is well thriven on ...
... fatire . Phyficians thriv'd is no more than phyficians grown rich : Only the adjective paffive of this verb , indeed , is not fo common in ufe ; and yet it is a familiar expreffion , to this day , to say , fuch a one is well thriven on ...
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Page 336 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
Page 101 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 311 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down : and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
Page 307 - I go, and it is done: the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
Page 116 - And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
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Page 106 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses, and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Page 304 - Like the poor cat i" the adage ? Macb. Pr'ythee, peace : I dare do all that may become a man ; Who dares do more, is none. Lady M. What beast was't then, That made you break this enterprise to me ? When you durst do it, then you were a man ; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time, nor place, Did then adhere, and yet you would make both : They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 304 - If we should fail ? Lady M. We fail ! But screw your courage to the stickingplace, And we'll not fail. 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...