Shakespeare's Knowledge and Use of the Bible: With Appendix Containing Additional Illustrations and Tercentenary Sermon |
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... question which a hundred years ago was agi- tated among men of letters with intense interest . But neither in the course of that controversy , nor at any other time , has the enquiry , I believe , been raised to which I purpose in these ...
... question which a hundred years ago was agi- tated among men of letters with intense interest . But neither in the course of that controversy , nor at any other time , has the enquiry , I believe , been raised to which I purpose in these ...
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... question what is to befall her in case she refuses to marry Demetrius , Theseus says : — C Either to die the death , or to abjure For ever the society of man . There can be little doubt that our poet took the phrase ( as Steevens ...
... question what is to befall her in case she refuses to marry Demetrius , Theseus says : — C Either to die the death , or to abjure For ever the society of man . There can be little doubt that our poet took the phrase ( as Steevens ...
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... question- able expression an eight days ' has been retained from Tyndale's translation in 1534. In like manner we find in the Apocryphal Book , 1 Macc . iv . 15 , ' There were slain of them upon a three thousand men . ' The same use of ...
... question- able expression an eight days ' has been retained from Tyndale's translation in 1534. In like manner we find in the Apocryphal Book , 1 Macc . iv . 15 , ' There were slain of them upon a three thousand men . ' The same use of ...
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... question are allowed still to remain in our Bible , two other examples which Bishop Lowth pointed out , viz . ' Asa his heart , ' 1 Kings xv . 14 , and Mordecai his matters , ' Esth . iii . 4 , have been set right . The same usage ...
... question are allowed still to remain in our Bible , two other examples which Bishop Lowth pointed out , viz . ' Asa his heart , ' 1 Kings xv . 14 , and Mordecai his matters , ' Esth . iii . 4 , have been set right . The same usage ...
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... question is about the force of an English word . ' 9 . C C The grammar of the Verb presents to us little or no occasion for remark , without descending to minutia which would be felt by the general reader to be irksome , if not out of ...
... question is about the force of an English word . ' 9 . C C The grammar of the Verb presents to us little or no occasion for remark , without descending to minutia which would be felt by the general reader to be irksome , if not out of ...
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Page 224 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 237 - Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 60 - Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 257 - ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Page 134 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 82 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 113 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 140 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 52 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 141 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.