The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His Plays; an Essay Relative to Shakspeare and Jonson; a Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI; an Historical Account of the English Stage; and Notes; by Edmond Malone, Volume 5H. Baldwin, 1790 |
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Page 117
... prince's objection to the queftion feems to be , that Falstaff had asked in the night what was the time of day . JOHNSON . This cannot be well received as the objection of the prince ; for pre- fently after , the prince himself fays ...
... prince's objection to the queftion feems to be , that Falstaff had asked in the night what was the time of day . JOHNSON . This cannot be well received as the objection of the prince ; for pre- fently after , the prince himself fays ...
Page 118
... prince's question . STEEVENS . This kind of humour is often met with in old plays . In the Galla- thea of Lilly , Phillida fays , " It is a pittie that nature framed you not a woman . P. Hen . As the honey of Hybla , my 118 OF FIRST PART.
... prince's question . STEEVENS . This kind of humour is often met with in old plays . In the Galla- thea of Lilly , Phillida fays , " It is a pittie that nature framed you not a woman . P. Hen . As the honey of Hybla , my 118 OF FIRST PART.
Page 122
... prince's anfwer , it must be remarked that the sheriff's officers were formerly clad in buff . So that when Falstaff afks , whether bis hoftefs is not a fweet wench , the prince asks in return , whether it will not be a fweet thing to ...
... prince's anfwer , it must be remarked that the sheriff's officers were formerly clad in buff . So that when Falstaff afks , whether bis hoftefs is not a fweet wench , the prince asks in return , whether it will not be a fweet thing to ...
Page 127
... prince and me alone ; I will lay him down fuch reafons for this adven- ture , that he shall go . Fal . Well , may'ft thou have the fpirit of perfuafion , and he the ears of profiting , that what thou fpeakeft may move , and what he ...
... prince and me alone ; I will lay him down fuch reafons for this adven- ture , that he shall go . Fal . Well , may'ft thou have the fpirit of perfuafion , and he the ears of profiting , that what thou fpeakeft may move , and what he ...
Page 129
... prince was not to receive them till the night after the day of the exploit . This is a fecond inftance to prove that Shakspeare could forget in the end of a scene what he had faid in the beginning . STEEVENS . Who doth permit the bafe ...
... prince was not to receive them till the night after the day of the exploit . This is a fecond inftance to prove that Shakspeare could forget in the end of a scene what he had faid in the beginning . STEEVENS . Who doth permit the bafe ...
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Page 340 - 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 242 - 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.
Page 137 - 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 ; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities : But out upon this half-faced fellowship ! Wor.
Page 500 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!
Page 552 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 344 - 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.
Page 128 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 108 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 550 - By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It yearns me not if men my garments wear ; Such outward things dwell not in my desires : But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 356 - 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.