Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare ; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris Dance |
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Page xvii
... seen no other man than her father . She had perceived , but indistinctly , some living creatures perish in the shipwreck ; and she sup- poses they might be of her father's species . Thus she after- wards , when speaking of Ferdinand ...
... seen no other man than her father . She had perceived , but indistinctly , some living creatures perish in the shipwreck ; and she sup- poses they might be of her father's species . Thus she after- wards , when speaking of Ferdinand ...
Page xvii
... seen , who had been so called after the monstrous tempests that often happened at Bermuda . In Stowe's Annals we have also an account of Sommers's shipwreck , in which this important passage occurs , " Sir George Sommers sitting at the ...
... seen , who had been so called after the monstrous tempests that often happened at Bermuda . In Stowe's Annals we have also an account of Sommers's shipwreck , in which this important passage occurs , " Sir George Sommers sitting at the ...
Page xvii
... seen in Scot's Discovery of witchcraft , edit . 1665 , folio , p . 228 . PRO . SCENE 2. Page 35 . My quaint Ariel . Quaint here means brisk , spruce , dexterous . From the French cointe . SCENE 2. Page 35 . CAL . As wicked dew as e'er ...
... seen in Scot's Discovery of witchcraft , edit . 1665 , folio , p . 228 . PRO . SCENE 2. Page 35 . My quaint Ariel . Quaint here means brisk , spruce , dexterous . From the French cointe . SCENE 2. Page 35 . CAL . As wicked dew as e'er ...
Page xvii
... seen in the course of these notes that Shakspeare was extremely well acquainted with this work ; and as it is likely hereafter to form an article in a Shakspearean library , it be worth adding that in a private diary written at the time ...
... seen in the course of these notes that Shakspeare was extremely well acquainted with this work ; and as it is likely hereafter to form an article in a Shakspearean library , it be worth adding that in a private diary written at the time ...
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... seen the feathers of the bar- nacles hanging out of the shells , as the fish barnacle or Lepas anatifera is undoubtedly furnished with a feathered beard . The real absurdity was the credulity of Gerarde and Harrison in supposing that ...
... seen the feathers of the bar- nacles hanging out of the shells , as the fish barnacle or Lepas anatifera is undoubtedly furnished with a feathered beard . The real absurdity was the credulity of Gerarde and Harrison in supposing that ...
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Page xvii - A strange fish! 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 185 - I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.
Page 423 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Page 12 - Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Page 258 - I'll read you matter deep and dangerous ; As full of peril and adventurous spirit As to o'er-walk a current roaring loud On the unsteadfast footing of a spear.
Page xvii - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 122 - That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide : And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team...
Page 229 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick...
Page 380 - Those rich-left heirs that let their fathers lie Without a monument, bring thee all this ; Yea, and furr'd moss besides, when flowers are none, To winter-ground thy corse.
Page 264 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.