The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: ComediesC. Knight, 1842 |
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... heroes of the rude drama which pre- ceded Shakspere . In Greene's ' Groat's - worth of Wit ' ( 1592 ) , a player says , " The twelve labours of Hercules have I terribly thundered on the stage . " There is a Quin . Francis Flute , the ...
... heroes of the rude drama which pre- ceded Shakspere . In Greene's ' Groat's - worth of Wit ' ( 1592 ) , a player says , " The twelve labours of Hercules have I terribly thundered on the stage . " There is a Quin . Francis Flute , the ...
Page 95
... hero , amongst which modesty is included . He has attributed the glory to his " kinsman Hercules . " The poets and sculptors of antiquity have made Theseus himself the great object of their glorification . The Elgin Marbles and ...
... hero , amongst which modesty is included . He has attributed the glory to his " kinsman Hercules . " The poets and sculptors of antiquity have made Theseus himself the great object of their glorification . The Elgin Marbles and ...
Page 118
... hero , he appears to contemn all that do not ' trade in metal of the purest mould . ' MARLOWE . ' He , in his house , heaps pearl like pebble- stones . Bags of fiery opals , sapphires , and amethysts , Jacinths , hard topas , grass ...
... hero , he appears to contemn all that do not ' trade in metal of the purest mould . ' MARLOWE . ' He , in his house , heaps pearl like pebble- stones . Bags of fiery opals , sapphires , and amethysts , Jacinths , hard topas , grass ...
Page 119
... Hero and Leander ' is thrice alluded to ; and ( from its being unusual ) perhaps the introduction of the ' Ibis ' deserves commemoration . Marlowe , alluding to Egypt , says— ' The golden statue of their feather'd bird . ' —Tamburlaine ...
... Hero and Leander ' is thrice alluded to ; and ( from its being unusual ) perhaps the introduction of the ' Ibis ' deserves commemoration . Marlowe , alluding to Egypt , says— ' The golden statue of their feather'd bird . ' —Tamburlaine ...
Page 158
... Hero's love , no towers of brass should hold , But I would follow thee through those raging floods , With locks disshever'd , and my breast all bare : With bended knees upon Abidae's shore , I would , with smoky sighs and brinish tears ...
... Hero's love , no towers of brass should hold , But I would follow thee through those raging floods , With locks disshever'd , and my breast all bare : With bended knees upon Abidae's shore , I would , with smoky sighs and brinish tears ...
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