The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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... thefe ventages with your finger and thumb : -Look you , thefe are the ftops . " Again , " You would feem to know my flops . " STEEVEN6 . My well - known body to anatomize Among my houfhold I 6 INDUCTION . I, from the orient to the ...
... thefe ventages with your finger and thumb : -Look you , thefe are the ftops . " Again , " You would feem to know my flops . " STEEVEN6 . My well - known body to anatomize Among my houfhold I 6 INDUCTION . I, from the orient to the ...
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... Thefe one - and - twenty lines were added fince the first edition . JOHNSON . This and the following twenty lines are not found in the quarto , 1600 , either from fome inadvertence of the transcriber or com- pofitor , or from the ...
... Thefe one - and - twenty lines were added fince the first edition . JOHNSON . This and the following twenty lines are not found in the quarto , 1600 , either from fome inadvertence of the transcriber or com- pofitor , or from the ...
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... thefe plays . The letters prefixed to this fpeech crept into the firft quarto copy , I have no doubt , merely from Oldcastle being , behind the fcenes , the familiar theatrical appellation of Falstaff , who was his ftage - fuc- ceffor ...
... thefe plays . The letters prefixed to this fpeech crept into the firft quarto copy , I have no doubt , merely from Oldcastle being , behind the fcenes , the familiar theatrical appellation of Falstaff , who was his ftage - fuc- ceffor ...
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... thefe cofter - monger times , ] In thefe times when the prevalence of trade has produced that meanness that rates the merit of every thing by money . JOHNSON . A cofter - monger is a coftard - monger , a dealer in apples called by that ...
... thefe cofter - monger times , ] In thefe times when the prevalence of trade has produced that meanness that rates the merit of every thing by money . JOHNSON . A cofter - monger is a coftard - monger , a dealer in apples called by that ...
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... thefe forty years ; that makes them pit white broth as they do . " Again , in The Virgin Martyr , by Maffinger : " " I could not have fpit white for want of drink . " STEEVENS . 5 But it was always & c . ] This fpeech in the folio ...
... thefe forty years ; that makes them pit white broth as they do . " Again , in The Virgin Martyr , by Maffinger : " " I could not have fpit white for want of drink . " STEEVENS . 5 But it was always & c . ] This fpeech in the folio ...
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againſt alfo ancient anſwer BARD Bardolph becauſe blood called caufe Dauphin death defire doth duke duke of Burgundy earl English Enter Exeunt expreffion faid Falſtaff fame father fays fcene fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince firft firſt foldiers folio fome foul fpeak fpeech fpirit France French ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fword Glofter grace Harfleur hath Henry IV himſelf Holinfhed honour JOHNSON King Henry King Henry VI knight laft loft lord mafter majefty MALONE means moft moſt muft muſt obferved old copy perfon phrafe PIST Piſtol play pleaſe Pope prefent prifoners prince quarto reafon Reignier Richard Plantagenet ſay ſcene Shakspeare SHAL ſhall Sir Dagonet Sir John Sir John Oldcastle Sir Thomas Hanmer ſpeak STEEVENS Talbot thee thefe themſelves THEOBALD theſe thofe thoſe thou ufed unto uſed WARBURTON whofe Whoſe word
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Page 243 - I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
Page 118 - 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 intreasured.
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Page 110 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 136 - I'll ne'er bear a base mind; — an't be my destiny, so ; an't be not, so. No man's too good to serve his prince ; and, let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
Page 113 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st 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 424 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 111 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...