The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions : with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, and a History of the Early English Stage, Volume 1Whittaker & Company, 1844 |
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... master of Eton school in 1540 , and who died in 15579. It is on every account a very remark- able performance ; and as the scene is laid in London , it affords a curious picture of metropolitan manners . The regularity of its ...
... master of Eton school in 1540 , and who died in 15579. It is on every account a very remark- able performance ; and as the scene is laid in London , it affords a curious picture of metropolitan manners . The regularity of its ...
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... Master of the Revels between 1570 and 1580 contain the names of various plays represented at court ; and it is to be noted , that it was certainly the practice at a later date , and it was probably the practice at the time to which we ...
... Master of the Revels between 1570 and 1580 contain the names of various plays represented at court ; and it is to be noted , that it was certainly the practice at a later date , and it was probably the practice at the time to which we ...
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... masters , are not unfrequently mentioned in the household books of the palace , and in the accounts of the department of ... master of the children of the chapel , on one occasion was paid no less a sum than 200l . , in the money of that ...
... masters , are not unfrequently mentioned in the household books of the palace , and in the accounts of the department of ... master of the children of the chapel , on one occasion was paid no less a sum than 200l . , in the money of that ...
Page xxxii
... " The drama represented by these personages appears to have been the com- position of John Rightwise , then master of the children of St. Paul's . plays , rhymes , songs , and other fantasies " xxxii HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH STAGE.
... " The drama represented by these personages appears to have been the com- position of John Rightwise , then master of the children of St. Paul's . plays , rhymes , songs , and other fantasies " xxxii HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH STAGE.
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... master of the revels merely tells us , in general terms , that between Christmas 1586 , and Shrovetide 1587 , " seven plays , besides feats of activity , and other shows by the children of Paul's , her Majesty's servants , and the ...
... master of the revels merely tells us , in general terms , that between Christmas 1586 , and Shrovetide 1587 , " seven plays , besides feats of activity , and other shows by the children of Paul's , her Majesty's servants , and the ...
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Page 64 - O, it is monstrous, monstrous ! Methought the billows spoke, and told me of it ; The winds did sing it to me ; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper : it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i' the ooze is bedded ; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.
Page 77 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms...
Page cclxxxi - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 83 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Page 29 - Some god o' th' island. Sitting on a bank, Weeping again the King my father's wreck, This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air; thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Page cclxxviii - Muses : For if I thought my judgment were of years, I should commit thee surely with thy peers, And tell how far thou didst our Lyly outshine. Or sporting Kyd, or Marlowe's mighty line.
Page cclxii - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page cxxxi - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 128 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Page 77 - 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.