The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copies left by G. Steevens and E. Malone, with a selection of notes from the most eminent commentors by A. Chalmers, Volume 1 |
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Page xvii
... with a player might have given " his productions a dramatic turn ; or his own sagacity " might have taught him that fame was not incompatible VOL . 1 . 66 " with profit , and that the theatre was LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE . xvii.
... with a player might have given " his productions a dramatic turn ; or his own sagacity " might have taught him that fame was not incompatible VOL . 1 . 66 " with profit , and that the theatre was LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE . xvii.
Page xviii
... theatre was an avenue to " both . That it was once the general custom to ride on " horseback to the play I am likewise yet to learn . " The most popular of the theatres were on the Bank- " side ; and we are told by the satirical ...
... theatre was an avenue to " both . That it was once the general custom to ride on " horseback to the play I am likewise yet to learn . " The most popular of the theatres were on the Bank- " side ; and we are told by the satirical ...
Page xx
... theatre , which was rejected after a very care- less perusal , but that Shakspeare having accidentally cast his eye on it , conceived a favourable opinion of it , In 1603 he and several others obtained a licence from king James to ...
... theatre , which was rejected after a very care- less perusal , but that Shakspeare having accidentally cast his eye on it , conceived a favourable opinion of it , In 1603 he and several others obtained a licence from king James to ...
Page xxii
... theatre while connected with it . By his will he be- He retired about four years ( 1611 or 1612 ) before his death , to a house in Stratford , of which it has been thought important to give the history . It was built by sir Hugh Clopton ...
... theatre while connected with it . By his will he be- He retired about four years ( 1611 or 1612 ) before his death , to a house in Stratford , of which it has been thought important to give the history . It was built by sir Hugh Clopton ...
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... long period . The performers of each of the London theatres gave a benefit to defray the ex- pences , and the dean and chapter of Westminster took nothing for the ground . The money received by the xxviii LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
... long period . The performers of each of the London theatres gave a benefit to defray the ex- pences , and the dean and chapter of Westminster took nothing for the ground . The money received by the xxviii LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
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Page 84 - Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Page 91 - What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours : Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us, And brought us thus together?
Page 47 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 38 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Page 62 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 83 - gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves.
Page 22 - His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion.
Page 32 - A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
Page 117 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 23 - Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived.