The TempestJack, 1880 - 107 pages |
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... the British Museum , to whom they were offered for sale . The date , 1611 , assigned to the performance of the play in this spurious entry , agrees however with that given by Malone in his ' Account of the Incidents , from which the a 2.
... the British Museum , to whom they were offered for sale . The date , 1611 , assigned to the performance of the play in this spurious entry , agrees however with that given by Malone in his ' Account of the Incidents , from which the a 2.
Page iv
... Malone arrived , that ' the circumstances attending the storm by which Sir George Somers was shipwrecked on the island of Bermuda , in the year 1609 , unquestionably gave rise to Shakespeare's Tempest , and suggested to him the title ...
... Malone arrived , that ' the circumstances attending the storm by which Sir George Somers was shipwrecked on the island of Bermuda , in the year 1609 , unquestionably gave rise to Shakespeare's Tempest , and suggested to him the title ...
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... Malone states , on the authority of Mr. George Vertue's MSS . , that it was acted by John Heminge and the rest of the King's Company , before Prince Charles , the lady Elizabeth , and the Prince Palatine Elector , in the beginning of ...
... Malone states , on the authority of Mr. George Vertue's MSS . , that it was acted by John Heminge and the rest of the King's Company , before Prince Charles , the lady Elizabeth , and the Prince Palatine Elector , in the beginning of ...
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... Malone , after quoting the account of the storm given by Ariel in Act i . Scene 2 , sums up the points of resemblance to the passage in the pamphlet of Jourdan and another which was subsequently issued by the Council of Virginia ...
... Malone , after quoting the account of the storm given by Ariel in Act i . Scene 2 , sums up the points of resemblance to the passage in the pamphlet of Jourdan and another which was subsequently issued by the Council of Virginia ...
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... Malone , ' was named Epinew , or Epinow , a man of extraordinary stature and strength , who was exhibited for money in various parts of London . ' Some of these may have died in England and been made a show of , but the reference is too ...
... Malone , ' was named Epinew , or Epinow , a man of extraordinary stature and strength , who was exhibited for money in various parts of London . ' Some of these may have died in England and been made a show of , but the reference is too ...
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Page 53 - Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded. Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 25 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
Page 67 - Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant; And my ending is despair Unless I be reliev'd by prayer, Which pierces so that it assaults Mercy itself and frees all faults.
Page 119 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she, The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness: Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being help'd, inhabits there.
Page 133 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 84 - Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady,, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore : and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star ; whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
Page 25 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 142 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Page 103 - Ac velut in somnis, oculos ubi languida pressit Nocte quies , nequidquam avidos extendere cursus Velle videmur , et. in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus ; non lingua valet , non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires , nec vox , aut verba sequuntur...
Page 58 - Some heavenly music, which even now I do, To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book.