“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes, Volume 9Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, 1807 |
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Page 39
... John , with half a dozen more , are at the door ; Shall I let them in ? P. Hen . Let them alone awhile , and then open the door . [ Exit . Vintner . ] Poins ! Re - enter POINS . Poins . Anon , anon , Sir . P. Hen . Sirrah , Falstaff and ...
... John , with half a dozen more , are at the door ; Shall I let them in ? P. Hen . Let them alone awhile , and then open the door . [ Exit . Vintner . ] Poins ! Re - enter POINS . Poins . Anon , anon , Sir . P. Hen . Sirrah , Falstaff and ...
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... John Bracy from your father ; you must to the court in the morning . That same mad fellow of the north , Percy ; and he of Wales , that gave Amaimon the bastinado , and made Lucifer cuckold , and swore the devil his true liegeman upon ...
... John Bracy from your father ; you must to the court in the morning . That same mad fellow of the north , Percy ; and he of Wales , that gave Amaimon the bastinado , and made Lucifer cuckold , and swore the devil his true liegeman upon ...
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... John . Well , I'll repent , and that suddenly , while I am in some liking ; I shall be out of heart shortly , and then I shall have no strength to repent . An I have not forgotten what ' the inside of a church is made of , I am a pep ...
... John . Well , I'll repent , and that suddenly , while I am in some liking ; I shall be out of heart shortly , and then I shall have no strength to repent . An I have not forgotten what ' the inside of a church is made of , I am a pep ...
Page 71
... John , that you must needs be out of all compass ; out of all reasonable compass , Sir John . Fal . Do thou amend thy face , and I'll amend my life : Thou art our admiral , thou bearest the lantern in the poop , -but ' tis in the nose ...
... John , that you must needs be out of all compass ; out of all reasonable compass , Sir John . Fal . Do thou amend thy face , and I'll amend my life : Thou art our admiral , thou bearest the lantern in the poop , -but ' tis in the nose ...
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... John ; you do not know me ” , Sir John : I know you , Sir John : you owe me money , Sir John , and now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it : I bought you a dozen of shirts to your back . Fal . Dowlas , filthy dowlas : I have given ...
... John ; you do not know me ” , Sir John : I know you , Sir John : you owe me money , Sir John , and now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it : I bought you a dozen of shirts to your back . Fal . Dowlas , filthy dowlas : I have given ...
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alludes allusion ancient Bard Bardolph believe better blood Blunt brother called Colevile cousin death dost doth Douglas drink Earl Earl of March Enter Exeunt Exit Falstaff father fear Gadshill Glend Glendower grace Hanmer Harry Harry Percy hath head hear heaven Holinshed honour horse Host hostess Hotspur humour Jack JOHNSON King Henry kirtle Lady Lord MALONE MASON master means merry Mortimer never night noble Northumberland Oldcastle passage peace Percy perhaps Peto Pist Pistol play Poins pray Prince JOHN Prince of Wales quarto rascal RITSON rogue sack says SCENE sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shal Shallow signifies Sir Dagonet Sir John Sir John Falstaff Sir John Oldcastle Sir Thomas Hanmer speak speech STEEVENS suppose sweet sword tell thee thing thou art thou hast true WARBURTON Welsh hook Westmoreland wilt wine Worcester word
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Page 81 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 214 - It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take diseases, one of another : therefore let men take heed of their company.
Page 39 - I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the north ; he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, — Fie upon this quiet life ! I want work.
Page 56 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 167 - 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. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 81 - Glittering in golden coats, like images ; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer ; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Page 13 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun ; Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wonder'd at, By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours, that did seem to strangle him.
Page 20 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 463 - Falstaff, how shall I describe thee! thou compound of sense and vice; of sense which may be admired, but not esteemed; of vice which may be despised, but hardly detested. Falstaff is a character loaded with faults, and with those faults which naturally produce contempt. He is a thief and a glutton, a coward and a boaster, always ready to cheat the weak, and prey upon the poor; to terrify the timorous, and insult the defenceless. At once obsequious and malignant, he satirizes in their absence those...
Page 95 - Wednesday- Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon*, and so ends my catechism.